Werner Sanne
Werner Otto Sanne (born April 5, 1889 in Berlin , † September 26, 1952 in the Krasnopol camp) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .
Life
Sanne joined the infantry body regiment “Grand Duchess” (3rd Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 117 on June 20, 1908 as an officer candidate and was promoted to lieutenant on June 16, 1910 . Until 1914 he was an adjutant in the III. Battalion used. With the outbreak of the First World War , he was promoted to first lieutenant . With his regiment he came to the western front . There he was initially used as an adjutant at General Command 54. After his promotion to captain on October 18, 1917, he worked in the regimental staff and was accepted into the Reichswehr at the end of the war . Sanne was deployed to the staff of Infantry Leader V of the 5th Division in Stuttgart until 1926 . He then took over as chief of the 10th Company of the 5th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . With his promotion to major on December 1, 1930, he was transferred to the staff of the 14th Cavalry Regiment in Ludwigslust .
Lieutenant Colonel (since May 1, 1934) Sanne took over the newly established Infantry Regiment 57 in Siegen on October 15, 1935 and was promoted to Colonel on April 1, 1936 . After the beginning of the Second World War he was in command of the regiment until February 2, 1940. On April 1, 1940 he became major general . Until May 6, he was in command of the 193rd Infantry Division and then took over the 34th Infantry Division until November 1, 1940 .
From December 10, 1940 to January 31, 1943, Sanne was in command of the 100th Light Infantry Division / 100th Jäger Division . On April 1, 1942 he became lieutenant general. He fought in the Battle of Stalingrad and was one of the last officers to surrender to the Soviet armed forces in the Univermag department store there. Sanne died on September 26, 1952 in captivity.
Contemporary witnesses described him as a particularly merciless officer who repeatedly drove his soldiers into battle and attributed the enormous losses to his unit to the cold.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge (1918) in black
- Hessian bravery medal
- Friedrich-August-Kreuz II. And I. Class
- Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with war decorations
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on December 19, 1941
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on February 22, 1942
- Order of the Iron Trefoil 1st class
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1925. p. 149.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sanne, Werner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sanne, Werner Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1952 |
| Place of death | Krasnopol camp, Soviet prisoner of war camp |