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Hans Hanke (Johannes Reinhold Hanke) was Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. Hans Hanke

He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery 13 March 1912 – 13 August 1981
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or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II. Place of birth Gliwice, Silesia
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● Contents Hans Hanke was born on the 13 March 1912 in Gliwice, Silesia. He joined the General SS in 1933 and the Waffen- Place of death Goslar,

● Featured content SS in 1935. He was awarded his first combat decoration during the Battle of France in June 1940. He saw combat Allegiance Nazi Germany

● Current events in Poland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Balkans, the USSR, Croatia, and South West Hungary. He
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● Random article became commander of the 28th Waffen Gebirgsjager Regiment, 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS
Years of service 1939–1945
Handschar (1st Croatian)[13 SS|13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)]], was
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Rank Obersturmbannführer
awarded the Croatian Iron Trefoil II Class and, near the end of the war in May 1945, the Knight's Cross. He
Unit 13th Waffen Mountain Division of
Go Search survived the war, and was a POW with the US Armed Forces in Nurnberg-Langwasser. Since 1955 he was
the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
Interaction employed by the Kurt Jacques Company, Rheinhausen, of which he became manager/director. In the late 1960s

● About Wikipedia he worked as a project engineer at the construction of Ashuganj Power Station (Bangladesh frm. East Pakistan). Battles/wars World War II

● Community portal [1][2][3] Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

He died in Goslar on 13 August 1981. [1][2][3]
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● Donate to Wikipedia 1. ^ "frontkjemper". http://www.frontkjemper.info/show_person.php?P_ID=698. German Cross in Gold
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● Upload file ● Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany:

Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

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● Mitcham, Jr.Samuel, Retreat to the Reich, Stackpole books 2007. ISBN 081173384X
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● Henschler Henri & Fay Will, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943-45 Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0811729052
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● Mitcham Samuel, The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45,Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0811733718
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