Bruno Frankewitz

{{Short description|German general}}

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|birth_date={{birth date|1897|12|8|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1982|8|11|1897|12|8|df=y}}

|birth_place=Tiefensee, Kreis Heiligenbeil, East Prussia, German Empire

|death_place=Straelen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)

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|rank=Generalleutnant

|commands=215. Infanterie-Division
Infanterie-Division Theodor Körner

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World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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Bruno Frankewitz (8 December 1897 – 11 August 1982) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 215. Infanterie-Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (7 August 1915) & 1st Class (27 January 1918)Thomas 1997, p. 177.

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 1 April 1942 as Oberst in Artillerie-Regiment 161Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 120.
  • References

    =Citations=

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    =Bibliography=

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    • {{Cite book

    |last=Fellgiebel

    |first=Walther-Peer

    |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

    |year=2000

    |origyear=1986

    |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

    |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches

    |language=German

    |location=Friedberg, Germany

    |publisher=Podzun-Pallas

    |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

    }}

    • {{Cite book

    |last1=Patzwall

    |first1=Klaus D.

    |last2=Scherzer

    |first2=Veit

    |year=2001

    |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II

    |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2

    |language=German

    |location=Norderstedt, Germany

    |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall

    |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8

    }}

    • {{Cite book

    |last=Thomas

    |first=Franz

    |year=1997

    |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K

    |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K

    |language=German

    |location=Osnabrück, Germany

    |publisher=Biblio-Verlag

    |isbn=978-3-7648-2299-6

    }}

    {{refend}}

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    {{succession box|

    before=General der Infanterie Baptist Knieß|

    after=None|

    title= Commander of 215. Infanterie-Division|

    years=12 November 1942 – 6 April 1945

    }}

    {{succession box|

    before=None|

    after=None|

    title= Commander of Infanterie-Division Theodor Körner|

    years=6 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

    }}

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    Category:1897 births

    Category:1982 deaths

    Category:People from Sztum County

    Category:Military personnel from West Prussia

    Category:Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)

    Category:German Army personnel of World War I

    Category:Prussian Army personnel

    Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross

    Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

    Category:Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class

    Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States

    Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class

    Category:20th-century Freikorps personnel

    Category:German Army generals of World War II