Hans de Salengre-Drabbe

Hans de Salengre-Drabbe
Born	(1894-10-21)21 October 1894
Died	25 August 1944(1944-08-25) (aged 49) Tiraspol, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1914–44
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands	384th Infantry Division
Battles / wars	Jassy–Kishinev Offensive  †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans de Salengre-Drabbe (21 October 1894 – 25 August 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 384th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Salengre-Drabbe was killed on 25 August 1944 in Tiraspol, Moldova in the course of the Soviet Jassy–Kishinev Offensive.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 February 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 457

References

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.