The Twelfth Army was positioned to defend against the advancing American and British forces on the Western Front. On 10 April 1945, as General of Panzer Troops, Wenck was made the commander of the German Twelfth Army located to the west of Berlin. This lasted only two days, as General Wenck was seriously injured in a car accident on February 17. In 1944, he was Chief of Staff of Army Group South Ukraine.įrom 1944 to 1945, Wenck was Quartermaster General I.įrom 15 February 1945, at the insistence of General Heinz Guderian, Wenck commanded the German forces involved in Operation Solstice ( Unternehmen Sonnenwende) on the Eastern Front. From 1943 to 1944, Wenck was Chief of Staff of the First Panzer Army. In 1943, he was Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army. Wenck stayed on the Eastern Front and, from 1942 to 1943, he was Chief of Staff of 'Army Detachment Hollidt' which was subordinated to the Third Romanian Army. In 1942, he was an instructor for the War Academy, Chief of Staff for the LVII Corps, and Chief of Staff for the Third Romanian Army on the Eastern Front. Prior to joining the Army ( Reichswehr) of the Weimar Republic in 1920, he was a member of the Free Corps ( Freikorps) in 1919.įrom 1939 to 1942, Wenck was Chief of Operations for the 1st Panzer Division.

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