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Wilhelm Falley (25 September 1897 – 6 June 1944) was the first German general to be killed during the Normandy landings in France. He was commander of the 91st Infantry Division . Career
Formed in the Baumholder area from replacement center personnel in January 1944 under the command of Generalleutnant Bruno Ortner, its command was transferred to Generalleutnant Wilhelm Falley and moved to the Cotentin peninsula with von der Heydte's 6th Parachute Regiment and 100th Panzer Replacement and Training Battalion, armed with captured ...
F. Wilhelm Fahrmbacher; Alexander von Falkenhausen; Nikolaus von Falkenhorst; Wilhelm Falley; Friedrich Fangohr; Hans Feige; Hans Felber; Kurt Feldt; Maximilian Felzmann
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Falley, commander of 91st Infantry Division, was trying to return to his headquarters near Picauville from war games at Rennes when he was killed by a paratrooper patrol. [49] Two hours before the main invasion force landed, a raiding party of 132 members of 4th Cavalry Regiment swam ashore at 04:30 at Îles Saint ...
Wilhelm Falley: divisional commander, 23 September – 5 October 1943; later commander of 91st Infantry Division and the first German general killed in action on the Second Western Front on 6 June 1944; Hans Sauerbrey: divisional commander, 5 October – 2 November 1943
91st Air Landing Division: [1] Generalleutnant Wilhelm Falley. 1057 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberst Sylvester von Saldern (La Haye-du-Puits) 1058 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberst Kurt Beigang ; 191 Artillerie-Regiment: Oberstlautnant Heinrich Kiewitt (Les Carrières) 91 Fusilier Battalion; 191 Mountain Flak Battalion; 191 Panzerjäger Company
Wilhelm Falley; Edgar Feuchtinger; Gerhard Feyerabend; Gotthard Fischer; Hermann Fischer (general) Hermann Flörke; Friedrich Foertsch; Werner Forst; Johann Fortner; Friedrich Franek; Bruno Frankewitz; Max Fremerey; Otto Fretter-Pico; Helmut Friebe
Kurt von Falkowski (1886–1953), German general; Wilhelm Falley (1897–1944), German general; Simon de Faultrier (1763–1815), French general; Edgar Feuchtinger (1894–1960), German general; Hans-Henning von Fölkersamb (1889–1984), German general; Louis Charles Folliot de Crenneville (1763–1840), Austrian general