Date of birth:

July 18th, 1893 (Altenburg/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

November 19th, 1965 (Eutin/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Werner Lange was a Prisoner of War between May 1945 and November 30th, 1946.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Vizeadmiral (Rear-admiral)

Unit:

Kommandierender Admiral Ägäis

Awarded on:

January 8th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Vizeadmiral (Rear-admiral)

Unit:

Kommandierender Admiral Ägäis

Awarded on:

October 28th, 1944

Awarded for his command of German naval forces in the Aegean sea. Through his planning and leadership of the many operations here he played a major part in the German naval successes in this area. He also secured the naval supply of the German held Greek islands for a year and thereafter conducted the relatively bloodless execution of his assigned evacuation objectives.

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

May 15th, 1916

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

February 1st, 1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

April 20th, 1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Awarded on:

March 2nd, 1935

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 16th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 27th, 1940

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  - Ehrentafel der Deutschen Kriegsmarine dd 18-11-1944