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Hans Walter Heyne

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Years of service
  
1913–301933–45


Name
  
Hans-Walter Heyne

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1930) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of Voronezh (1942)Lower Dnieper OffensiveBattle of Kiev (1943)Hube's PocketOperation BagrationBobruysk Offensive

Died
  
August 29, 1967, Landau, Germany

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

Hans-Walter Heyne-Hedersleben (10 January 1894 – 29 August 1967) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Heyne surrendered to the Soviet troops in June 1944 during the Bobruysk Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 April 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 182
  • References

    Hans-Walter Heyne Wikipedia