Heinrich Kreipe
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 48 years ago |
Date of birth | June 5,1895 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Niederspier |
Grosenehrich | |
Germany | |
Date of died | June 14,1976 |
Died | Northeim |
Germany | |
Service/branch | German Army |
Battles and wars | World War I |
Battle of Verdun | |
World War II | |
Siege of Leningrad | |
Commands held | 22nd Air Landing Division |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Iron Cross | |
Command held | 22nd Air Landing Division; Fortress Crete |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 586183 |
Heinrich Kreipe Life story
Karl Heinrich Georg Ferdinand Kreipe was a German career soldier who served in both World War I and World War II. While leading German forces in occupied Crete in April 1944, he was abducted by British SOE officers Patrick Leigh Fermor and William Stanley Moss, with the support of the Cretan resistance.