__NOTOC__ Hermann Harrendorf (18 May 1896 – 27 March 1966) was a German general in the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...

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during

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. He was a recipient of the

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on 16 February 1942 as ''

Hauptmann is a German word usually translated as captain when it is used as an officer's rank in the German, Austrian, and Swiss armies. While in contemporary German means 'main', it also has and originally had the meaning of 'head', i.e. ' literally ...

'' and commander of III./Infanterie-Regiment 469Fellgiebel 2000, p. 177.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrendorf, Hermann 1896 births 1966 deaths People from Altona, Hamburg Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 2nd class Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German prisoners of war in World War II Place of birth missing Place of death missing Military personnel from Hamburg