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Walter Hennecke

Walter Hennecke was a German general who surrendered to the allied forces in June 1944.

Person

  • Walter Hennecke
  • Born on: May 23, 1897
  • Born in: Betheln, Duitsland
  • Died on: Jan. 1, 1984
  • Died in: Bad Lippspringe, Duitsland

Hennecke was a German general who surrendered to the allied forces in June 1944. Hennecke fought in the First World War. On 26 June 1944 he was decorated by Hitler for destroying the port installations of Cherbourg.[1] On the same day he and Von Schlieben[2] surrendered to the Allies.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Wikipedia: Walter Hennecke
  2. ^ Anne refers to him as: 2 captured (generals). Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 27 June 1942, in: The Collected Works; transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. ^ Wikipedia: Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben.