Hans Hahne (general)

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Years of service 1914–44 Service/branch German Army		Role General Name Hans Hahne
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Rank Generalmajor (Posthumously) Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowOperation BagrationVitebsk–Orsha Offensive Died June 24, 1944, Vitebsk, Belarus Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France
Commands held 197th Infantry Division

Hans Hahne (30 November 1894 – MIA as of 24 June 1944) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 197th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Hahne went missing in action on 26 June 1944 near Vitebsk during the Soviet Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive of Operation Bagration; he was posthumously promoted to the rank of Generalmajor.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 February 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 507

References

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