Years of service 1914–1945 Rank Generalleutnant | Name Albert Henze Service/branch German Army | |
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Battle of Voronezh (1942)
Third Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Kursk
Cherkassy Pocket
Battle of Narva (1944)
Italian Campaign
Riga Offensive (1944)
Courland Pocket Died March 31, 1979, Ingolstadt, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 60th Infantry Division, 21. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division, 30th Infantry Division |
Albert Henze (7 August 1894 – 31 March 1979) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Henze surrendered to the Soviet forces in the Courland Pocket and was held as a war criminal in the Soviet Union until 1955.
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