Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock

Infobox Military Person
name= Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
born=birth date|1897|5|5|df=y
died=dda|1978|6|11|1897|5|5|df=y


caption=Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
placeofbirth=Wreschen
placeofdeath=Hannover
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=
serviceyears=1915-1945
rank=Oberführer
commands= 9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen", 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division, 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS
unit=
battles=
awards="Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuz mit Eichenlaub"
laterwork=

SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (1897-1978) was a German Waffen-SS officer who during his career commanded three SS-divisions, the 9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen", the 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division and the Latvian 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS. He was also a winner of the "Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub".

ummary of SS career

Dates of rank

* SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve: November 11, 1941
* SS-Obersturmbannführer der Reserve: January 05, 1942
* SS-Standartenführer: November 09, 1943
* SS-Oberführer: August 01, 1944

Notable decorations

* Eastern Front Medal (1942)
* Iron Cross Second (?) and First (1941) Classes
* Clasp to the Iron Cross Second (1941)
* Wound Badge in Black (?)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (1944)
* Cross of Honor (1934)

References

*"The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror: The Full Story From Street Fighters to the Waffen-SS " by Gordon Williamson (Motorbooks International, (March 1994), ISBN-10: 0879389052, ISBN-13: 978-0879389055).
*"The Waffen-SS (2): 6. to 10. Divisions (Men-at-Arms) " by Gordon Williamson (Osprey Publishing (March 25, 2004), ISBN-10: 1841765902, ISBN-13: 978-1841765907).

See also

9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" at http://www.feldgrau.com/9ss.html

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before= SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag
after= SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner
title= Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division
years=October 20, 1943 - April 19, 1944succession box
before= SS-Gruppenführer Hinrich Schuldt
after= SS-Obergruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach
title= Commander of 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS
years=March 15, 1944 - April 13, 1944succession box
before= SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner
after= SS-Brigadeführer Hebert-Ernst Vahl
title= Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division
years=May, 1944 - May 07, 1944succession box
before= SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler
after= SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer
title= Commander of 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
years=July 31, 1944 - August 29, 1944