deaths
September 10, 1939
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (born 1888)
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig was a German general in the Waffen-SS who participated in the invasion of Poland. He was the first general to be killed in World War II. Roettig held the ranks of Generalmajor der Ordnungspolizei and SS-Brigadeführer.