Christian Hansen (general)

German general (1885–1972)

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Christian Hansen

Born| (1885-04-10)10 April 1885
Schleswig, German Empire
Died| 7 August 1972(1972-08-07) (aged 87)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Buried|

Garmisch Cemetery

Allegiance|

* German Empire
* Weimar Republic
* Nazi Germany

Branch| Army
Years of service| 1903–44[1]
Rank| General of the Artillery
Commands held|

* 25th Infantry Division
* X. Armeekorps
* 16th Army

Battles/wars|

* World War I
* World War II

Awards| Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Christian Hansen (10 April 1885 – 7 August 1972) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 16th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Hansen retired from the Wehrmacht on 31 December 1944 on medical grounds. He died in 1972.

## Awards[edit]

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 August 1941 as General der Artillerie and commander of X. Armeekorps.[2]

## References[edit]

Citations

1. ^ Mitcham 2009, p. 138.
2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 177.

Bibliography

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
* Mitcham, Samuel (2009). The Men of Barbarossa: Commanders of the German Invasion of Russia, 1941. PA: Casemate. pp. 138–140. ISBN 978-1935149156. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

Military offices

Preceded by

General der Infanterie Wilhelm Ulex

|  Commander of X. Armeekorps
15 October 1939 – 30 April 1942  | Succeeded by

Generalleutnant Otto von Knobelsdorff

Preceded by

Generalleutnant Otto von Knobelsdorff

|  Commander of X. Armeekorps
1 June 1942 – 12 October 1943  | Succeeded by

Generalleutnant Otto Sponheimer

Preceded by

Generalleutnant Otto Sponheimer

|  Commander of X. Armeekorps
1 August 1943 – 4 November 1943  | Succeeded by

General der Infanterie Thomas-Emil von Wickede

Preceded by

Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch

|  Commander of 16\. Armee
11 October 1943 – 1 July 1944  | Succeeded by

General der Infanterie Paul Laux

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* ISNI
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National|

* Germany
* Netherlands