Franz Landgraf

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Franz Landgraf

| birth_date = 16 July 1888

| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|4|19|1888|7|16|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_place =

| image = File:Erich Höpner.JPG

| caption = Franz Landgraf standing at the right

| nickname =

| allegiance = {{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| branch = Army

| serviceyears = 1909–1944

| rank = Generalleutnant

| commands = 6th Panzer Division
155th Reserve Panzer Division

| unit =

| battles = World War I

World War II

| awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

| laterwork =

}}

Franz Landgraf (16 July 1888 – 19 April 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

During the invasion of the Soviet Union he led the 6th Panzer Division in the Baltic Region, fighting a battle at Raseiniai.{{Cite book|last=Buttar, Prit|title=Between giants : the battle for the Baltics in World War II|date=21 May 2013|isbn=978-1-78096-163-7|location=Oxford, UK|oclc=809029618}}

He died in Stuttgart on 19 April 1944.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 June 1940 as Oberst and commander of 4. Panzer-BrigadeFellgiebel 2000, p. 231.

References

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=Bibliography=

{{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

}}

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before=General der Panzertruppe Werner Kempf|

after=General der Panzertruppe Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma|

title=Commander of 6. Panzer-Division|

years=6 January 1941 - June 1941

}}

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