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Years of service
  
1897–321939–45

Name
  
Siegfried Haenicke

Rank
  
General der Infanterie

Service/branch
  
German Army

Siegfried Haenicke
Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1932) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of MlawaSiege of Warsaw (1939)Battle of BelgiumBattle of FranceBattle of DunkirkOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of Porytowe Wzgorze

Died
  
February 19, 1946, Muhlberg, Brandenburg, Germany

Awards
  
Pour le Merite, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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

Commands held
  
61st Infantry Division, XXXVIII Army Corps

Siegfried Haenicke (8 September 1878 – 19 February 1946) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XXXVIII. Corps. He was a recipient of both the Pour le Merite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Pour le Merite was the highest military order of the German Empire. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Siegfried Haenicke was captured by Soviet troops in 1945, and died in 1946.

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Dates of rank

  • Sekondeleutnant (13 March 1897)
  • Leutnant (1 January 1899)
  • Oberleutnant (18 May 1907)
  • Hauptmann (18 December 1912)
  • Major (18 May 1920)
  • Oberstleutnant (1 October 1925)
  • Oberst (1 February 1929)
  • Generalmajor (1 April 1932)
  • Generalleutnant (1 November 1939)
  • General der Infanterie (1 April 1942)

    • Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black
  • Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
  • Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria)
  • Service Award Cross (Prussia)
  • Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
  • Pour le Merite on 14 June 1918 as Hauptmann and leader of II./ Infanterie-Regiment Nr.150
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • German Cross in Gold (4 September 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 September 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 61. Infanterie-Division

    • References

    Siegfried Haenicke Wikipedia
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