Christian Hansen

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Christian Hansen was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held high-level field commands on the Eastern Front.

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Christian Hansen canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German general
Wehrmacht general
human
awardReceived Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
German Cross in Gold
Iron Cross
surface form: Iron Cross (1914)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
conflict World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
countryOfService German Empire
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
dateOfBirth 1885-04-10
dateOfDeath 1972-08-07
detainedBy Allied forces after World War II
ethnicGroup German
familyName Hansen
gender male
givenName Christian
memberOf Wehrmacht
militaryBranch German Army
militaryRank Generaloberst
name Christian Hansen self-link
notableWork command of German forces on the Eastern Front during World War II
occupation military officer
participatedIn Battle of France
Eastern Front of World War II
Invasion of Poland
Operation Barbarossa
partOf Wehrmacht
surface form: Heer (Wehrmacht)

Prussian Army
Reichswehr
placeOfBirth Prussian Province of Schleswig-Holstein
surface form: Province of Schleswig-Holstein

Rendsburg
placeOfDeath Göttingen
Lower Saxony
positionHeld army commander on the Eastern Front
commander of 16th Army
commander of X Army Corps
reasonForEndOfService retirement due to health reasons
serviceEnd 1944
serviceStart 1903
wasPrisonerOfWar true

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16th Army (Wehrmacht) notableCommander Christian Hansen
Christian Hansen name Christian Hansen self-link