Oskar Munzel

Oskar Munzel (13 March 1899 – 1 January 1992) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and in the Bundeswehr of West Germany who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the war, he served as a military advisor in Egypt, and then he joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1962. Munzel then acted as the Chief Advisor of Ming-teh-Gruppe (German Military Advisory Group) in Taiwan for the Republic of China Armed Forces before returning to Germany.^[1][2]

Oskar Munzel
Born	13 March 1899 Grimmen, German Empire
Died	1 January 1992(1992-01-01) (aged 92) Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany
Branch	German Army
Years of service	1917–45 1956–62
Rank	Generalmajor (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands	14th Panzer Division 2nd Panzer Division
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Second Battle of Kharkov Courland Pocket Operation Solstice
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as Oberst and commander of 14. Panzer-Division^[3]
• Federal Cross of Merit^{[citation needed]}