Theodor Krancke
Theodor Krancke | |
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![]() Admiral Theodor Krancke (left), General der Infanterie Walther Buhle, Hauptmann Lang, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
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Born | Magdeburg |
30 March 1893
Died | 18 June 1973 Wentorf bei Hamburg |
(aged 80)
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Years of service | 1912–45 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | battleship Admiral Scheer |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Theodor Krancke (30 March 1893 – 18 June 1973) was an admiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Under the command of Krancke, during the five-month-long raiding cruise, the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer sank 13 merchant ships, one armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay, and captured three merchant ships representing 115,195 tons of Allied and neutral shipping.
During the Allied Invasion of Normandy Admiral Krancke, as Commander-in-Chief of Navy Group Command West headquartered in Paris, controlled all German naval vessels in France, as well as the various land-based naval units and the naval coastal artillery and antiaircraft batteries along the French Atlantic coast.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Sudetenland Medal 1939[1]
- High Seas Fleet Badge 1941[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 26 June 1941
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2. Unknown parameter
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External links
- Theodor Krancke in the German National Library catalogue
- Theodor Krancke @ geocities at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009)
- Theodor Krancke @ Special Camp
- Theodor Krancke @ Encyclopædia Britannica
- Theodor Krancke @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht (German)
Military offices | ||
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Preceded by Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall |
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine Group Command West 20 April 1943 – 20 October 1944 |
Succeeded by Kriegsmarine High Command West |
Preceded by Kriegsmarine Group Command West |
Commander-in-Chief of Kriegsmarine High Command West 20 October 1944 – 18 April 1945 |
Succeeded by none |
Preceded by Admiral Otto Ciliax |
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine High Command Norway 26 April 1945 – 26 August 1945 |
Succeeded by none |
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- 1893 births
- 1973 deaths
- People from Magdeburg
- People from the Province of Saxony
- German military personnel of World War I
- Kriegsmarine admirals
- Recipients of The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Military personnel referenced in the Wehrmachtbericht
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Imperial German Navy personnel
- Reichsmarine personnel