Fritz Warnecke
German general and knight's cross recipient

Fritz Warnecke

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German general and knight's cross recipient
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25 November 1898(Burgdorf, Hanover region, Lower Saxony, Germany)
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4 May 1968(Ronnenberg, Hanover region, Lower Saxony, Germany)
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Friedrich "Fritz" Warnecke (25 November 1898 – 4 May 1968) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 January 1943 as Major and commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 517
  • Fellgiebel 2000, p. 354.