Franz Landgraf Explained

Franz Landgraf
Birth Date:	16 July 1888
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1909–44
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	6th Panzer Division 155th Reserve Panzer Division
Battles:	World War IWorld War II Annexation of Austria Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Baltic Operation Battle of Raseiniai Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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 Sovjet Union he led the 6th Panzer Division in the Baltic Region, fighting a battle at Raseiniai.^[1]

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-Brigade^[2]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Notes and References

1. Book: Buttar, Prit. Between giants : the battle for the Baltics in World War II. 21 May 2013. 978-1-78096-163-7. Oxford, UK. 809029618.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 231.