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.
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