Franz Schlieper Explained

Franz Schlieper
Birth Date:22 August 1905
Death Place:Hamburg, Germany ---->
Branch:Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank:Generalmajor
Commands:32nd Infantry Division
73rd Infantry Division
12th Luftwaffe Field Division
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations:Fritz Schlieper (Brother)

Franz Schlieper (22 August 1905 – 4 April 1974) 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. Schlieper surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.

Awards and decorations

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Bibliography

. 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. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 409.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 308.