Karl-Wilhelm Specht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German General and Knight's Cross recipients
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Place of Birth: Herdecke, Free State of Prussia, Germany
About Karl-Wilhelm Specht
- Karl-Wilhelm Specht (22 May 1894 – 3 December 1953) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
- He served on the "Court of Military Honour," a drumhead court-martial that expelled many of the officers involved in the 20 July Plot from the army before handing them over to the People's Court.
- Specht surrendered to the Soviet forces at the end of the war and died on 3 December 1953.
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