Theodor Krancke

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Theodor Krancke (30 March 1893 – 18 June 1973) was a naval commander and admiral of Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

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During the Allied Invasion of Normandy Krancke, as Commander-in-Chief of Navy Group Command West headquartered in Paris, controlled all German naval vessels in France, as well as the various land-based naval units and the naval coastal artillery and anti-aircraft batteries along the French Atlantic coast.

Dates of Rank

Fähnrich zur See – 12 April 1913
Leutnant zur See – 22 March 1915
Oberleutnant zur See – 25 December 1917
Kapitänleutnant – 1 September 1922
Korvettenkapitän – 1 October 1930
Fregattenkapitän – 1 November 1935
Kapitän zur See – 1 April 1937
Konteradmiral – 1 April 1941
Vizeadmiral – 1 April 1942
Admiral – 1 March 1943

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (May 1915) & 1st Class (27 September 1919)^[1]
Sudetenland Medal 1939^[1]
High Seas Fleet Badge 1941^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 October 1939) & 1st Class (20 April 1940)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 21 February 1941 as Kapitän zur See and commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer^[2]
- 614th Oak Leaves on 18 October 1944 as Admiral and commander in chief of Marinegruppenkommando West (Navy Group Command West)^[2]

References

Citations

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dörr 1995, p. 358.
↑ ^a ^b Scherzer 2007, p. 470.

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Bibliography

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Military offices
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[Dörr_p358-1] Dörr 1995, p. 358.

[Scherzer_p470-2] Scherzer 2007, p. 470.

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