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Herbert Otto Gille (8 March 1897 – 26 December 1966) was a high-ranking German SS officer, and divisional & corps commander of the Waffen SS. He commanded the SS Division Wiking during World War II.
Gille has served at the frontline without pause since 1939. He has distinguished himself as an Abteilung and regimental commander on every day of the fighting in Poland, the West and the East. He also bears the German Cross in Gold.”
Herbert Otto Gille was a German SS officer who fought in World War II and led the Wiking Division. He received all three classes of the Knight's Cross for his bravery and tactical skills on the Eastern Front.
Herbert Otto Gille war ein deutscher SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS.
Herbert Gille led the IV SS Panzer Corps in a series of attacks on the Soviet-held Gran Bridgehead in Hungary in February 1945. The article describes the German successes, setbacks, and final failure in the face of the Red Army's counteroffensive.
Only a portion of the division's strength, equipped only with small arms, and the division commander Gruppenführer Herbert Gille, made it into Kovel before being surrounded by Soviet forces. A breakout was deemed impractical, as there were over 2,000 German wounded in the city.
Herbert Otto Gille (8 March 1897 – 26 December 1966) 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.
