Max von Hartlieb-Walsporn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German general
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Place of Birth: Hienheim, Bavaria, Germany
About Max von Hartlieb-Walsporn
- Max von Hartlieb-Walsporn (20 October 1883 – 25 July 1959) was a German army officer who served as a Wehrmacht general during the Second World War. Hartlieb-Walsporn commanded the 5th Panzer Brigade in the early fall of 1939, then took charge of the 5th Panzer Division on 8 October 1939.
- As commander of this division, he participated in the Battle of France of 1940, but he came to be seen as a weak leader when the lightly defended French town of Le Quesnoy was able to resist his armoured forces for some four days.
- By May 28, he was in reserve; later in 1940, he was given command of the 179th Division, but in January 1942 he was again relegated to reserve or administrative posts and never again commanded front-line troops.
- Wounded on 19 May 1942, Hartlieb-Walsporn was hospitalized for almost five months and spent several more months in reserve before accepting other administrative posts over the remainder of the war.
- After the war ended, he was captured as a prisoner of war and imprisoned for two years.
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