Werner Lange
Appearance
Werner Lange | |
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![]() Werner Lange (outer left, behind Kurt Fricke) in Athens 1943 | |
Born | 18 July 1893 |
Died | 19 November 1965 | (aged 72)
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Years of service | 1912–45 |
Rank | Vizeadmiral |
Commands | Cruiser Emden |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
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
[edit]- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 May 1916) & 1st Class (1 February 1918)[1]
- U-boat War Badge (1918) (14 December 1918)[1]
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (20 April 1918)[1]
- The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (2 March 1935)[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 October 1939) & 1st Class (27 May 1940)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 8 January 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean Sea[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 October 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean Sea[3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Dörr, Manfred (1996). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2497-6.
- 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.
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1965 deaths
- People from Altenburg
- Vice admirals of the Kriegsmarine
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I
- Reichsmarine personnel
- People from Saxe-Altenburg
- Sportspeople from Thuringia
- Military personnel from Thuringia
- German Navy personnel stubs