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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.

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  • Theodor Krancke
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  • 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.
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serviceyears
  • 1912(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1893-03-30(xsd:date)
Commands
death place
Name
  • Theodor Krancke
Caption
  • Admiral Theodor Krancke , General der Infanterie Walther Buhle, Hauptmann Lang, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
Birth Place
  • Magdeburg
Title
  • Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine Group Command West
  • Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine High Command Norway
  • Commander-in-Chief of Kriegsmarine High Command West
Awards
death date
  • 1973-06-18(xsd:date)
Rank
Image size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Allegiance
  • German Empire
  • Nazi Germany
  • Weimar Republic
Battles
Before
  • Admiral Otto Ciliax
  • Generaladmiral Wilhelm Marschall
  • Kriegsmarine Group Command West
Years
  • --04-20
  • --04-26
  • --10-20
After
  • none
  • Kriegsmarine High Command West
abstract
  • 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.
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