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Fritz Warnecke

German general and knight's cross recipient

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IntroGerman general and knight's cross recipient
PlacesGermany
wasKnight
Work fieldMilitary Royals
Gender
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Birth25 November 1898, Burgdorf, Hanover region, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death4 May 1968Ronnenberg, Hanover region, Lower Saxony, Germany (aged 69 years)
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Biography

Friedrich "Fritz" Warnecke (25 November 1898 – 4 May 1968) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

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  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 January 1943 as Major and commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 517
  • Fellgiebel 2000, p. 354.

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