Werner Ranck | |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1904 |
Birth Place: | Hamburg |
Death Place: | Hamburg |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | Army |
Serviceyears: | 1924–1945 |
Rank: | Generalleutnant |
Battles: | Courland Pocket |
Werner Ranck (25 October 1904 – 7 December 1989) 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, awarded by for successful military leadership.
Ranck surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.
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