Max Sperling

Max Sperling
Born	(1905-09-04)4 September 1905
Died	6 June 1984(1984-06-06) (aged 79)
Allegiance	Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany
Service/branch	Heer Bundeswehr
Rank	Oberst (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	9th Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Sperling (4 September 1905 – 6 June 1984) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who briefly commanded the 9th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 April 1944 as Major and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11^[1]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Dr. Johannes Schulz	Commander of 9. Panzer-Division 27 November 1943 – 28 November 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Erwin Jollasse
Preceded by Generalleutnant Erwin Jollasse	Commander of 9. Panzer-Division 10 August 1944 – 2 September 1944	Succeeded by Generalmajor Gerhard Müller

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 9th Panzer Division

Staff	Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (Oak Leaves) Alfred Ritter von Hubicki Walter Scheller

Units	Wilhelm von Apell Willibald Borowietz² (Oak Leaves) Rudolf von Bünau Hans-Henning Eichert Heinrich Ernst Walter Gorn (Oak Leaves & Swords) Georg Grüner¹ (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Kohler⁵ (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Püttcher Wilhelm Schmalz⁴ (Oak Leaves) Johannes Schulz Max Sperling Ferdinand Wegerer (Oak Leaves)

¹ Oak Leaves with the 16th Panzer Division. ² Oak Leaves with the 15th Panzer Division. ⁴ Oak Leaves with Panzer Division Hermann Göring). ⁵ Knight's Cross with the 78th Infantry Division.

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