Bruno Frankewitz
Bruno Frankewitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 December 1897 Tiefensee, Kreis Heiligenbeil, East Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 11 August 1982 (aged 84) |
| Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Branch | Imperial German Army Reichswehr Army (Wehrmacht) |
Service years | 1914–1920 1935–1945 |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | 215. Infanterie-Division Infanterie-Division Theodor Körner |
Conflicts | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Bruno Frankewitz (8 December 1897 – 11 August 1982) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 215th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Frankewitz was born in 1897 and entered the Imperial German Army in 1914 at the start of World War I. At the end of the war, he was a Leutnant of reserves and an artillery observer with an aerial balloon detachment. Due to the reductions in the peacetime Reichswehr, he left the military in 1920. In 1935, he rejoined the German Army. He was attached to artillery regiments until 1939 when he was made commander of Artillery Regiment 161. In November 1942, he became commander of the 215th Infantry Division, which he led until April 1945.[1]
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (7 August 1915) & 1st Class (27 January 1918)[2]
- Wound Badge (1918)[3]
- in Black
- in Silver
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg[3]
- Knight's Cross with swords of the House Order of Hohenzollern[3]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 1 April 1942 as Oberst in Artillerie-Regiment 161[4]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 29 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 215. Infanterie-Division[5]
- Oak Leaves on 16 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 215. Infanterie-Division[6]
References
Citations
- ^ Webb 2024, p. 242.
- ^ a b Thomas 1997, p. 177.
- ^ a b c Bradley 1996, pp. 58–59.
- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 120.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 155.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 82.
Bibliography
- Bradley, Dermot (1996). Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945. Band 4: Fleck-Gyldenfeldt (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2422-0.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
- Webb, James Jack (2024). Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuehrer. Vol. 1: A–G. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-952-71512-9.