German Military Personnel That Served in WWII
Last Name Beginning With (R)
Updated 12/01/10
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Name Unit(s)/Ship(s) Resource #
Raapke, Wilhelm 71st Infantry Division 650
Raatz, Helmuth 83rd Infantry Division 650
Rabe von Pappenheim, Friedrich Karl 97th Jager Division 651
Rademacher, Wilhelm 7th Infantry Division 650
Radziej, Georg 169th Infantry Division 650
Raeder, Erich Commander-in-Chief German Navy 67; 109; 160; 454; 525; 592; 736
Raegener, Adolf Division Raegener 651
Raessler, Rudolf 606th Special Purposes Division, 616th Special Purposes Division, 651
Division Raessler
Raithel, Heribert 9th Mountain Division (East), Mountain Division Steiermark 651
Raithel, Wilhelm 199th Infantry Division,Division Barwalde, 312th Artillery Division z.b.v 650; 651
Ramcke, Hermann Bernard 2nd Parachute Division 651
Ranck, Werner 121st Infantry Division, 218th Infantry Division 650
Rasp, Siegfried 78th Infantry Division, 335th Infantry Division, 3rd Mountain Division 650; 651
Ratcliffe, Alexander 407th Replacement Division 651
Rauch, Erwin 123rd Infantry Division 286; 650
Rauch, Josef 343rd Infantry Division 651
Raus General, Third Panzer Army 651
Raus, Erhard (Eberhard) Third Panzer Army; Fourth Panzer Army; First Panzer Army 126; 294; 527
Recke, Heinrich 161st Infantry Division, 332nd Infantry Division 650; 651
Recknagel, Hermann 111th Infantry Division 650
Redlich, Adolf Jagdgeschwader 2 353
Refior, Hans Berlin Defense 190
Rehfeld 906th Fortress Battalion 292
Rehwinkle, Ernst-August U-578 453
Reichel, Joachim 23rd Panzer Division 371
Reichelt, Paul 299th Infantry Division 651
Reichert, Josef 711th Infantry Division, 714th Infantry Division 384; 651
Reichert, Joseph 177th Replacement Division 650
Reichert, Rudolf 292nd Infantry Division 651
Reichling, Walter German Intelligence 384
Reidel 275th Fusilier Battalion 487
Reimann, Hans 86th Panzergrenadier Regiment, 10th Panzer Division 540
Reimann, Richard 18th Flak Division 651
Rein, Siegfried 69th Infantry Division 650
Reinberger, Helmut Luftwaffe 736
Reindl Colonel, 392 Artillery Regiment, 392nd Infantry Division (Kroatisch) 651
Reinecke, Edwin German Army 177
Reinefahrt, Heinz SS General of Police 55
Reinhard Chief of Staff to General Kurt Student 482
Reinhard, Hans Wolfgang 35th Infantry Division 650
Reinhardt, Alfred 98th Infantry Division, 98th Volksgrenadier Division 650
Reinhardt, Georg Hans Army Group Center 126
Reinhardt, Hans Wolfgang Military District IV 200
Reinherr Colonel, 79th Volksgrenadier Division 650
Reinhold, Leo 10th SS Panzer Division 482
Reinicke, Georg 369th Infantry Division (Kroatisch) 651
Reinshagen, Fritz 18th Luftwaffe Field Division 651
Reinwald, Max 362nd Infantry Division 651
Reiser, Rolf Kampfgruppe Peiper, 1st SS Panzer Division 250; 534
Remer, Otto-Ernst Fuhrer Begleit Brigade, Fuhrer Begleit Division 557; 651; 893
Remold, Josef 6th Mountain Division 651
Rendulic, Lothar Army Group Center; Commander-in-Chief, Norway, 52nd Infantry 4; 126; 131; 436; 650
Division
Renner, Kurt 174th Reserve Division, 211th Infantry Division 650
Rentschler, Emil Heinrich 246th Volksgrenadier Division 650
Renz, Maximilian 430th Infantry Division 651
Restemeyer, Werner Zerstorergeschwader 76 736
Rettlinger, Karl 1st SS Panzerjager Battalion, 1st SS Panzer Division 534
Reuter, Erich 46th Infantry Division 650
Reymann Colonel, 79th Volksgrenadier Division 650
Reymann, Hellmuth 11th Infantry Division, 212th Infantry Division, 254th Infantry Division, 650; 651
13th Luftwaffe Field Division
Rhein (m?), Karl-Ludwig 331st Infantry Divsiion, 295th Infantry Division 651
Rhode, Rudolf Luftwaffe 103
Ribbet Colonel, 50th Infantry Division, 121st Grenadier Regiment, 50th Infantry 650
Division
Ribstein, Hugo 81st Infantry Division 650
Richter 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment 384
Richter, Berthold 29th Panzergrenadier Division 629
Richter, Helmuth 11th Flak Division 651
Richter, Wilhelm 716th Infantry Division, 14th Luftwaffe Field Division 651
Richert, Johann-Georg 35th Infantry Division, 286th Security Division 650
Richter, Ernst 205th Infantry Division, 14th Landwehr Division 650
Richter, Otto 198th Infantry Division 650
Richter, Werner 87th Infantry Division, 263rd Infantry Division 650
Richter, Wilhelm 716th Infantry Division 384
Ridder, Friedrich German Army 540
Riedel, Paul 309th Artillery Divison z.b.v. 651
Ringel, Julius "papa" 5th Gebirgsjager Division, 3rd Mountain Division, 5th Mountain Division 282; 651
Rintelen, Joseph 357th Infantry Division 651
Rintenberg Colonel, 106th Infantry Division 650
Risky, Norbert III Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 26 353
Risse, Ernst-Walther 225th Infantry Division 650
Risse, Walther 225th Infantry Division 286
Rittau, Stephen 129th Infantry Division 650
Ritter Adler Brigade 258
Ritter, Klaus 18th Volksgrenadier Division 557
Rittner, Colonel, 15th Flak Division 651
Rodt, Eberhard 15th Panzergrenadier Division, Division Sicily 594; 651
Roehler, Herbert 31st Flak Division 651
Roehricht, Edgar 12th Infantry Division, 95th Infantry Division 650
Roemer, Friedrich 22nd Flak Division 651
Roepke, Kurt 46th Infantry Division; 320th Infantry Division 650; 651
Roesler, Karl 89th Infantry Division 650
Roettig, Otto 198th Infantry Division 650
Rogge, Bernhard Atlantis 275
Rohm, Ernst S.A. Leader 736
Rohwer German Navy 11
Rohr, Guenther 12th Volksgrenadier Division 650
Rollwage, Herbert Jagdgeschwader 53 103
Rommel, Erwin 7th Panzer Division; Afrika Korps; Panzer Group West 135; 167; 207; 234; 269; 272; 305;
347; 382; 384; 403; 414; 415; 434;
476; 482; 498; 540; 557; 601; 651; 736; 727
Ronicke, Martin 339th Infantry Division 651
Roschmann, Hans 2nd Mountain Division 651
Rosenburg, Karl 76th Infantry Division 650
Rosert, Bruno German Army 540; 765; 785; 831; 839; 845
Roske, Fritz 71st Infantry Division 650
Rosskopf, Maximilian 168th Infantry Division, 606th Special Purposes Division 650; 651
Roth, Hans 342nd Infantry Division 651
Roth, Heinrich 88th Infantry Division 650
Roth, Matthias 2nd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 72nd Infantry Division 294
Rothkirch und Panther, Friedrich- 148th Infantry Division 650
Wilhelm
Rott, Frank-Werner Luftwaffe 489
Rubensdorffer, Walter Erprobungsgruppe (Experimental Group) 210 736
Rudel, Hans-Ulrich Luftwaffe, Stuka Geschwader 2 56; 446; 765
Rudhart, Hermann 20th Flak Division 651
Rudorffer, Erich Jagdgeschwader 54 4
Ruebel, Karl 163rd Infantry Division 650
Ruebesamer, Friedrich Wilhelm 281st Infantry Division 650
Ruediger, Kurt 137th Infantry Division, 302nd Infantry Division 650; 651
Rueter, Wolfgang 3rd Flak Division, 6th Flak Division 651
Ruff, Siegfried 401st Replacement Division, 609th Infantry Division 651
Ruge, Friedrich Erwin Rommel's Staff 384; 403; 893
Ruoff, Richard German Army 736
Rupp, Ernst 97th Jager Division 651
Rupprecht, Wilhelm 62nd Infantry Division, 327th Infantry Division, 18th Luftwaffe Field Division 650; 651
Russwurm, Joseph 293rd Infantry Division 651
Russwurm, Wilhelm 158th Reserve Division, 158th Replacement Division, Division 158, 650; 651
274th Infantry Division, 403rd Security Division, 444th Security Division,
707th Infantry Division
