Christian Hansen (general)

German general (1885–1972)

German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany

BranchArmyYears of service1903–44^[1]RankGeneral of the ArtilleryCommands held

25th Infantry Division
X. Armeekorps
16th Army

Battles/wars

World War I
World War II

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

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

References

Citations

^ Mitcham 2009, p. 138.
^ 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