Theodor Krancke
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| Theodor Krancke | |
|---|---|
 Admiral Theodor Krancke (left), General der Infanterie Walther Buhle, Hauptmann Lang, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel | |
| Born |
30 March 1893 Magdeburg |
| Died |
18 June 1973 (aged 80) Wentorf bei Hamburg |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire (to 1919) Weimar Republic (to 1933).svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
 Kaiserliche Marine.svg.png){kind=small} Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 1912 – 1945 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | battleship Admiral Scheer |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Theodor Krancke (30 March 1893 – 18 June 1973) was an admiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Under the command of Krancke, during the five-month-long raiding cruise, the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer sank 13 merchant ships, one armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay, and captured three merchant ships representing 115,195 tons of Allied and neutral shipping.
During the Allied Invasion of Normandy Admiral Krancke, as Commander-in-Chief of Navy Group Command West headquartered in Paris, controlled all German naval vessels in France, as well as the various land-based naval units and the naval coastal artillery and antiaircraft batteries along the French Atlantic coast.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Sudetenland Medal 1939[1]
- High Seas Fleet Badge 1941[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 21 February 1941 as Kapitän zur See and commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
- 614th Oak Leaves on18 October 1944 as Admiral and commander in chief of Marinegruppenkommando West
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Surface Forces of the Navy—Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Range, Clemens (1974). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Navy]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-355-1.
- Schaulen, Fritjof (2004). Eichenlaubträger 1940 – 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe II Ihlefeld - Primozic [Oak Leaves Bearers 1940 – 1945 Contemporary History in Color II Ihlefeld - Primozic] (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 978-3-932381-21-8.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
External links
- Theodor Krancke in the German National Library catalogue
- Theodor Krancke @ geocities
- Theodor Krancke @ Special Camp
- Theodor Krancke @ Encyclopædia Britannica
- Theodor Krancke @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht (German)
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall |
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine Group Command West 20 April 1943 – 20 October 1944 |
Succeeded by Kriegsmarine High Command West |
| Preceded by Kriegsmarine Group Command West |
Commander-in-Chief of Kriegsmarine High Command West 20 October 1944 – 18 April 1945 |
Succeeded by none |
| Preceded by Admiral Otto Ciliax |
Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine High Command Norway 26 April 1945 – 26 August 1945 |
Succeeded by none |
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