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Bruno Frankewitz

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Years of service
  
1914–201935–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Bruno Frankewitz


Other work
  
Police Officer

Rank
  
Generalleutnant

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Born
  
8 December 1897Tiefensee (
1897-12-08
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBaltic OffensiveRiga Offensive (1944)Courland Pocket

Died
  
August 11, 1982, Straelen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
215th Infantry Division

Bruno Frankewitz (8 December 1897 – 11 August 1982) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 215. Infanterie-Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (7 August 1915) & 1st Class (27 January 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 1 April 1942 as Oberst in Artillerie-Regiment 161
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 29 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 215. Infanterie-Division
  • Oak Leaves on 16 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 215. Infanterie-Division

    • References

    Bruno Frankewitz Wikipedia
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