Franz Danowski
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Franz Danowski
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Born | 18 February 1917 Berlin |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Western Front |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Heer |
Years of service | 1937–45 |
Rank | Hauptmann (Posthumously) |
Unit | Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Franz Danowski (18 February 1917 – 10 October 1944) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Franz Danowski was severely wounded on 10 October 1944 on the Western Front. He died at the field hospital near Saint-Dié-des-Vosges the same day. He was posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant on 15 November 1944 and Hauptmann on 15 December 1944.
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Awards and decorations
- Anschluss Medal (1939)[1]
- Sudetenland Medal (1939)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Infantry Assault Badge (9 September 1940)[1]
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black (15 March 1942)[1]
- Eastern Front Medal (1 September 1942)[1]
- War Merit Cross
- 2nd Class with Swords (29 October 1943)[1]
- German Cross in Gold (30 May 1942)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1944 as Oberleutnant and leader of the 10./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111[2]
- Mentioned in the addendum of the Wehrmachtbericht on 3 October 1944
Wehrmachtbericht reference
Date | Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording | Direct English translation |
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3 October 1944 (addendum) | Bei den Kämpfen im Raum südlich Chateau-Salins hat sich Leutnant Danowski, Kompanieführer in einem Panzergrenadier-Regiment als Stoßtruppführer besonders ausgezeichnet.[3] | In combat in the area south of Chateau-Salins, Second Lieutenant Danowski, company commander in a mechanized infantry regiment has especially distinguished himself as a shock troops leader. |
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- Scherzer, Veit (2010). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil XI: Pioniertruppe—Band 1: A–K (in German). Bissendorf, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2398-4.
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- Articles containing German-language text
- 1917 births
- 1944 deaths
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the War Merit Cross, 2nd class
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- People from Berlin
- Military personnel referenced in the Wehrmachtbericht