Walther Wenck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walther Wenck

Wehrmacht general

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1900

Place of Birth: Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 01-May-1982

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Walther Wenck (18 September 1900 – 1 May 1982) was the youngest General of the branch (General der Truppengattung) in the German Army and a staff officer during World War II.
At the end of the war, he commanded the German Twelfth Army that took part in the Battle of Berlin.Historians consider Wenck a capable commander and a brilliant improviser, although incapable of the impossible task he was given of saving Berlin in 1945.