Friedrich-Carl Cranz

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Friedrich-Carl Cranz (born November 14, 1886 in Kulm ; † March 24, 1941 in Neuhammer am Queis ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Friedrich-Carl Cranz was a son of the colonel and commander of Wesel Wilhelm Cranz (1851-1907). His brother was the later lieutenant at sea and major in the air force Eberhard Cranz (1894–1969).

From the beginning of 1905, Cranz served as an officer in various staff functions, including in the 113 Infantry Regiment and took part in the First World War.

After the war he switched to the Reichswehr and worked as a commander and general staff officer in various units. In the Wehrmacht he was head of Department 2 in the Army Personnel Office from August 1939 . From August 1939 until his death he was in command of the 18th Infantry Division in World War II, in this position he was made Lieutenant General on July 1, 1940 and then awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 29, 1940 . With the division he took part in the attack on Poland and the campaign in the west .

He died on March 24, 1941 at the Neuhammer military training area from self-fire . The division had been there since November 1940 for motorization , renaming it to the 18th Infantry Division (mot). The commander of the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 18th Infantry Division and later Commander of the Division Colonel Werner von Erdmannsdorff gave a speech on March 27, 1941 at the funeral service in front of the Wehrmacht house, which emphasized the military and human merits of Cranz.

He was buried in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin .

Friedrich-Carl Cranz was married to a daughter of Lieutenant General Wilhelm Hoffmann († March 26, 1934).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German gender book (Genealogical handbook of civil families) . 1972, p. 238 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ^ A b Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb: Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb: Diary entries and assessments of the situation from two world wars . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1976, ISBN 3-421-01740-9 , pp. 262 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ Rudolf Günter Huber: Gerd von Rundstedt: his life and work in the field of tension between social influences and personal positioning . P. Lang, 2004, ISBN 3-631-51933-8 , pp. 151 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ^ Contributions to the history of Liegnitz . Weber, 1998, ISBN 3-9803650-8-5 , pp. 118 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3438-7 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  6. ↑ Veit Scherzer : The knight's cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives . 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
  7. ^ Helmuth Damerau: German Soldier Yearbook . Schild Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-88014-084-7 , p. 12 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  8. ^ Contributions to the history of Liegnitz . Weber, 1998, ISBN 3-9803650-8-5 , pp. 119 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Cranz, Friedrich-Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Kulm
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1941
Place of death Neuhammer am Queis