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Fritz Warnecke

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1916–21 1936–45


Rank
  
Generalmajor

Name
  
Fritz Warnecke

Died
  
4 May 1968(1968-05-04) (aged 69) Ronnenberg

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1921)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
62. Volksgrenadier-Division 256. Volksgrenadier-Division

Friedrich "Fritz" Warnecke (25 November 1898 – 4 May 1968) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 January 1943 as Major and commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 517
  • References

    Fritz Warnecke Wikipedia