Thomas-Emil von Wickede, 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: Verden (Aller), Lower Saxony, Germany
About Thomas-Emil von Wickede
- Thomas-Emil von Wickede (23 April 1893 – 23 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the X Army Corps.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
- Wickede was killed on June 23, 1944, when an aircraft carrying him and generals Karl Eglseer, Eduard Dietl and Franz Rossi crashed in the vicinity of the small village of Rettenegg, Styria.
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