serviceyears laterwork branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit image_size placeofburial_label awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1924 -- 45 author lufthansa in south africa of '' panzer battles '' , director of flag '' reichswehr '' 20px '' heer '' of weimar republic -lrb- war -rrb- . svg 9th panzer division 28 june 1997 johannesburg , gauteng , south africa breslau , poland -rrb- , silesia , german empire -lrb- now wrocław weimar 23px republic 23px -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany iii korps / panzer army africa xlviii panzer corps army group army g 5th panzer army corps 197th infantry battalion second army afrika 250px place of burial german cross in gold '' ` world war ii '' ' 30 august 1904 '' generalmajor '' file : friedrich von mellenthin.jpg border friedrich von mellenthin
 friedrich wilhelm von mellenthin
friedrich von mellenthin

friedrich wilhelm von mellenthin -lrb- 30 august 1904 -- 28 june 1997 -rrb- was a `` generalmajor '' in the german army during world war ii .
a participant in most of the major campaigns of the war , he became well-known afterwards for his memoirs `` panzer battles '' , first published in 1956 and regularly reprinted since then .
