Herbert Otto Gille
Military Person
1897 – 1966
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Who was Herbert Otto Gille?
Herbert Otto Gille was a German general, and as a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds and of the German Cross in Gold, the most highly decorated member of the Waffen SS during World War II. By the end of the war he held the rank of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS and was the last regular officer of the Waffen-SS to be promoted to that rank with date of rank from 9 November 1944.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1897
Bad Gandersheim - Nationality
- Germany
- Nazi Germany
- German Empire
- Died
- Dec 26, 1966
Hanover
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on July 23, 2013
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