__NOTOC__ Willi Moser (2 November 1887 – 18 October 1946) was a German general during

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who commanded the LXXI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the

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. Moser was taken prisoner by Soviet troops in 1945 and died in Soviet captivity on 18 October 1946.

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on 26 October 1941 as ''

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'' and commander of 299. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 258.

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