Cramer, Hans
- Date of birth:
- July 13th, 1896 (Minden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 28th, 1968
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
?: Major;
?: Generalleutnant;
?: General der Panzertruppen.
Career:
?: Kommandeur Kavallerie-Versuchs- und Lehrabteilung.
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 3rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 8, 15. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 27th, 1941
“Oberstleutnant Cramer, commander of Panzer-Regiment 8, led his Regiment in a march from Tripoli to its operations area (a distance of over 1600 km) without any friendly fallouts, and the result was that it was immediately available for operations in an excellent state. After a risky night march he captured Sidi Azeiz and Capuzzo in the morning hours of the 16.05.1941. On that same day he led his Regiment in an attack against heavy English tanks, and at the end of that month he significantly contributed to the capture of the Halfaya Pass. By doing this latter act he decisively contributed to the favourable development of the situation for all elements of Kampfgruppe von Herff and for the relief of the strain of our forces at Tobruk.”
Submitted on June 17th 1941.
Preliminary document on July 2nd 1941 to Afrikakorps.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst
- Unit:
- Panzer-Regiment 8
- Awarded on:
- March 5th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Kriegsverdienstkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Colonial Order of the Star of Italy - Commendatore
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 7th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - FEDERL, CH., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2000.
- KUROWSKI, F., Knight's Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, United States, 1996.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2004.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Ritterkreuz Archiv IV2017, page 4
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