Years of service 1924–45 Rank Generalleutnant | Name Werner Ranck Service/branch German Army | |
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Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War II
Invasion of Poland
Siege of Warsaw (1939)
Battle of France
Battle of Dunkirk
Operation Barbarossa
Siege of Leningrad
Courland Pocket Died December 7, 1989, Hamburg, Germany Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Siege of Warsaw Commands held 121st Infantry Division, 218th Infantry Division | ||
Werner Ranck (25 October 1904 – 7 December 1989) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by for successful military leadership.
Ranck surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.
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