Werner Kempf

Werner Kempf (9 March 1886 – 6 January 1964) was a general in the German Army rising to corps-level command during World War II.

Kempf joined the Imperial German Army in 1905; following World War I, he served in the Reichswehr and later the Wehrmacht.

In October 1937 Kempf took command of the newly formed 4th Panzer Brigade; in January 1939 he was promoted to Generalmajor.

On 6 January 1941, he was ordered to form XXXXVIII Army Corps (motorized), and became its commander, along with a promotion to General der Panzertruppe, on 1 April 1941.

From 5 May 1942 he was commanding general of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps and was in this position on 10 August 1942 when he was awarded the Oak leaves to the Knight's Cross.

Marshal Erich von Manstein during the inspection of the unit on the Eastern Front 1943