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Hanns Laengenfelder (8 February 1903 – 18 July 1982) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 15th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Laengenfelder surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.
Awards and decorations Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 September 1939) & 1st Class (1 November 1939)Thomas 1998, p. 2. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 21 October 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 106Fellgiebel 2000, p. 231. Nominated for Oak Leaves in 1945Fellgiebel 2000, p. 85.
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