Werner Schmidt-Hammer

Werner Schmidt-Hammer
Werner Schmidt-Hammer
Born	26 September 1894
Died	4 January 1962 (aged 67)
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands	168th Infantry Division; LXXII Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War I; World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Kiev (1941); First Battle of Kharkov; Second Battle of Kharkov; Case Blue; Battle of Kursk; Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation; Battle of Kiev (1943); Hube's Pocket; Battle of the Dukla Pass; Upper Silesian Offensive; Prague Offensive; ;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Werner Schmidt-Hammer (26 September 1894 – 4 January 1962) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Schmidt-Hammer surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Prague Offensive in May 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until October 1955.