Werner Lange
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|death_date={{death date and age|1965|11|19|1893|7|18|df=y}}
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|caption=Werner Lange (outer left, behind Kurt Fricke) in Athens 1943
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|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
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|serviceyears=1912–45
|rank=Vizeadmiral
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Werner Lange (18 July 1893 – 19 November 1965) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 May 1916) & 1st Class (1 February 1918)Dörr 1996, p. 5.
- U-boat War Badge (1918) (14 December 1918)
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (20 April 1918)
- The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (2 March 1935)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 October 1939) & 1st Class (27 May 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 8 January 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean SeaPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 268.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 October 1944 as Vizeadmiral and commanding admiral of the Aegean SeaFellgiebel 2000, p. 284.
References
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{{Refbegin}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Dörr
|first=Manfred
|year=1996
|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 2: L–Z
|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 2: L–Z
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2497-6
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|orig-date=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
}}
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Category:People from Altenburg
Category:Vice admirals of the Kriegsmarine
Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Category:Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I
Category:Reichsmarine personnel
Category:People from Saxe-Altenburg
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