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Werner Kienitz

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Years of service
  
1910–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Werner Kienitz

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
24. Infanterie-Division XVII. Armeekorps

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941)

Died
  
December 31, 1959, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Anschluss, Invasion of Poland

Werner Kienitz (3 June 1885 – 31 December 1959) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XVII. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 August 1941 as General der Infanterie and commander of XVII. Armeekorps

    • References

    Werner Kienitz Wikipedia
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