Editing Helmuth Weidling (section)

{{Short description|German general, last commander of the Berlin Defence Area (1891–1955)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Helmuth Weidling
| image               = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1983-028-05, Helmuth Weidling.jpg
| caption             = Weidling in 1943
| birth_date          = {{dob|1891|11|2|df=y}}
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1955|11|17|1891|11|2|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Halberstadt]], [[Province of Saxony]], [[Kingdom of Prussia]], [[German Empire]]
| death_place         = [[Vladimir Central Prison]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]]
| allegiance          = {{plainlist|
* [[German Empire]]
* [[Weimar Republic]]
* [[Nazi Germany]]
}}
| branch              = {{plainlist|
* [[Imperial German Army]]
* ''[[Reichswehr]]''
* [[German Army (1935-1945)|German Army]] 
}}
| branch_label        = Branch
| serviceyears        = 1911–1945
| serviceyears_label  = Years
| rank                = ''[[General of the Artillery (Germany)|General der Artillerie]]''
| commands            = {{ubl|[[XL Panzer Corps]]|[[XLI Panzer Corps]]|[[LVI Panzer Corps]]|Berlin Defense Area}}
| battles             = {{ubl|[[World War I]]|[[World War II]]}}
* [[Invasion of Poland]]
* [[Battle of France|Invasion of France]]
* [[Operation Barbarossa|Invasion of the Soviet Union]]
* [[Battle of Berlin]]
| mawards             = [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords]]
| office              = Commander of the [[Battle of Berlin|Berlin Defence Area]]
| term_start          = 23 April 1945
| term_end            = 2 May 1945
| predecessor         = [[Ernst Kaether]]
| successor           = ''Office abolished''
}}

'''Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling''' (2 November 1891 – 17 November 1955) was a German three-star general during the [[Second World War]]. He was the last commander of the [[Berlin]] Defence Area during the [[Battle of Berlin]], led the defence of the city against [[Red Army|Soviet forces]] and finally surrendered just before the [[end of World War II in Europe]].

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