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Hinrich Warrelmann

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Years of service
  
1921–45

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Name
  
Hinrich Warrelmann

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France North African Campaign Siege of Leningrad

Died
  
October 9, 1980, Westerkappeln, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, North African Campaign, Siege of Leningrad, World War II

Commands held
  
1st Infantry Division, Volksgrenadier-Division

Hinrich Warrelmann (16 April 1904 – 9 October 1980) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (13 June 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as Major in MG-Bataillon 2
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 16 April 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 502
  • Oak Leaves on 19 August 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 502

    • References

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