Wilhelm Falley (25 September 1897 – 6 June 1944) was a Generalleutnant of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
Biography[]
Wilhelm Falley was born on 25 September 1897 in Metz, Alsace, German Empire (now in France), and he joined the Imperial German Army in 1914. He served in World War I, and he remained in the Reichswehr after the war. In 1936, he became a military instructor at Munich, and he became the commander of the German 91st Infantry Division in Normandy, northern France in May 1944. On 6 June 1944, Falley's staff car was ambushed by US 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers during Operation Overlord, and he was gunned down after his car crashed into a wall in Picauville, near the embattled town of Saint-Mere-Eglise.