Otto Lancelle
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Died when: 71 years 43 days (853 months)Star Sign: Aries
Otto Lancelle (27 March 1885 – 3 July 1941) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of both the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, highest military awards of German Empire and Nazi Germany, respectively.
Lancelle was killed by a sniper on 3 July 1941 at the Kraslava Bridgehead on the Daugava near Kraslava, Latvian SSR.He was the first German general, who was killed at the Soviet territory after the Wehrmacht attack to the Soviet Union.
He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight's Cross.
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