Heinrich Kreipe Military person

Karl Heinrich Georg Ferdinand Kreipe (5 June 1895 – 14 June 1976) was a German career soldier who served in both World War I and World War II. He is most famous for his spectacular abduction when he was a general by British and Cretan resistance fighters from occupied Crete in April 1944.

Personal facts

Birth date	June 05, 1895
Birth place	Thuringia , Großenehrich
Date of death	June 14, 1976
Place of death	Northeim

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allegiance	Nazi Germany German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933)
award	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations	World War II World War I
military branch	German Army (1935–45)
military command	22nd infantry division