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Walter Spannenkrebs (born August 16, 1895 in Breslau , † October 19, 1979 in Hamburg ) was a German army officer, most recently major general in World War II .
Life
In 1915 he entered active service as a flag junior during the First World War and shortly thereafter became a lieutenant in the infantry regiment "Graf Schwerin" (3rd Pomeranian) No. 14 . Spannenkrebs were awarded both classes of the Iron Cross for his achievements . After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr , where he a. a. his service as adjutant of the III. Battalion in the 4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . On October 1, 1934, Spannenkrebs became a teacher at the reopened War Academy in Berlin . In 1938 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . In 1939 he wrote his work Attack with a chariot . In 1941 he was promoted to colonel . In 1943 his book Attack with Chariots appeared in a second revised new edition. In October 1944, Spannenkrebs was named major general.
Fonts
- Attack with a chariot. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1939.
literature
- Wolf Keilig : The German Army 1939-1945: Structure, deployment, staffing. Volume 3. Podzun, 1956. p. 321.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 181.
- ^ Dermot Bradley : Walter Wenck. General of the armored force. Osnabrück, Biblio-Verlag, ISBN 3-7648-1283-4 , p. 473.
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| SURNAME | Span cancer, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German army officer, most recently major general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th October 1979 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |