Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Born (1897-05-06)6 May 1897
Wreschen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Września, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg Waffen-SS
Years of service 1915–45
Rank SS-Oberführer Collar Rank.svg Oberführer
Commands held 9.SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen, 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division, 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel)[Note 1] Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (1897–1978) was a German Waffen-SS officer who during his career commanded three SS-divisions, the 9.SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen, the 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division and the Latvian 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS. He was also awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub.

Summary of SS career

Dates of rank

Notable decorations

Notes

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  • The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror: The Full Story From Street Fighters to the Waffen-SS by Gordon Williamson (Motorbooks International, (March 1994), ISBN 0-87938-905-2, ISBN 978-0-87938-905-5).
  • The Waffen-SS (2): 6. to 10. Divisions (Men-at-Arms) by Gordon Williamson (Osprey Publishing (March 25, 2004), ISBN 1-84176-590-2, ISBN 978-1-84176-590-7).


Military offices
Preceded by
SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag
Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division
20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944
Succeeded by
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner
Preceded by
SS-Gruppenführer Hinrich Schuldt
Commander of 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS
15 March 1944 – 13 April 1944
Succeeded by
SS-Obergruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach
Preceded by
SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner
Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division
May 1944 – 7 May 1944
Succeeded by
SS-Brigadeführer Hebert-Ernst Vahl
Preceded by
SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler
Commander of 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944
Succeeded by
SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer


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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Thomas 1997, p. 56.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 227.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 136.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 88.