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Werner Lange
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Intro | German admiral |
Was | Military leader Admiral |
From | Germany |
Field | Military |
Gender | male |
Birth | 18 July 1893, Altenburg |
Death | 19 November 1965, Eutin (aged 72 years) |

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Biography
Werner Lange (18 July 1893 – 19 November 1965) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 May 1916) & 1st Class (1 February 1918)
- U-boat War Badge (1918) (14 December 1918)
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (20 April 1918)
- The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (2 March 1935)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 October 1939) & 1st Class (27 May 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 8 January 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean Sea
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 October 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean Sea
- ^ Dörr 1996, p. 5.
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 268.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 284.
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