Years of service 1923–45 Service/branch German Army | Name Hanns Laengenfelder Rank Generalmajor | |
Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Second Battle of Kharkov
Lower Dnieper Offensive
Uman–Botosani Offensive
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)
Battle of Debrecen
Prague Offensive Died July 18, 1982, Nuremberg, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France | ||
Commands held 15th Infantry Division | ||
Hanns Laengenfelder (8 February 1903 – 18 July 1982) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 15th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Laengenfelder surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.
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