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Erwin Jaenecke
Born	(1890-04-22)22 April 1890 Freren, German Empire
Died	3 July 1960(1960-07-03) (aged 70) Cologne, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service / branch	German Army
Years of service	1911–45
Rank	Generaloberst
Commands	IV. Armeekorps 17th Army
Battles / wars	World War I Spanish Civil War World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Order of Michael the Brave

Erwin Jaenecke (22 April 1890 – 3 July 1960), was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 17th Army. Jaenecke fought in the Spanish Civil War as part of the Condor Legion On 26 April 1937, Jaenecke was involved in the Bombing of Guernica. After the bombing, he reported the operation as a success.

"In and of itself, Guernica was a complete success for the Luftwaffe."^[1]

Jaenecke served on the Eastern Front as commander of the 389th Infantry Division and later the IV Army Corps. He was wounded at the Battle of Stalingrad and flown out as one of the last higher officers.^[2]

In April 1943 he commanded the LXXXII Army Corps, and from 25 June the 17th Army in the Caucasus and later the Crimean Peninsula. In a 29 April 1944 meeting with Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden, Jaenecke insisted that Sevastopol should be evacuated. He was relieved of his command afterward.

Later, he was held responsible for the loss of Crimea, arrested in Romania and court-martialed. Heinz Guderian was appointed as a special investigator in the case. Guderian proceeded slowly and eventually Jaenecke was quietly acquitted in June 1944. Jaenecke was dismissed from the army on 31 January 1945. On 15 June 1945 he was arrested by the Soviet authorities and sentenced to 25 years of hard labor for war crimes committed under his army command in 1942. He was released in 1955.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 October 1942^[3]

References

Citations

^ "OHNE UNS - Zeitschrift zur Totalen Kriegsdienstverweigerung Online!". www.ohne-uns.de. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
^ Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto (2015). With Paulus at Stalingrad. Translated by Tony Le Tissier. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 189. ISBN 9781473833869.
^ Veit Scherzer [de], p. 416.

Bibliography

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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Military offices
Preceded by —	Commander of 389. Infanterie-Division 1 February 1942 – 1 November 1942	Succeeded by Generalmajor Erich Magnus
Preceded by General der Infanterie Viktor von Schwedler	Commander of IV. Armeekorps 1 November 1942 - 17 January 1943	Succeeded by General der Artillerie Max Pfeffer
Preceded by General der Infanterie Ernst Dehner	Commander of LXXXII. Armeekorps 1 April 1943 - 1 June 1943	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Ernst Dehner
Preceded by Richard Ruoff	Commander of 17. Armee 25 June 1943 – 1 March 1944	Succeeded by Ferdinand Schörner
Preceded by Ferdinand Schörner	Commander of 17. Armee 1 April 1944 – 28 April 1944	Succeeded by Karl Allmendinger

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Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Army	Wilhelm Adam Hans-Jürgen von Arnim Ludwig Beck Johannes Blaskowitz Eduard Dietl Friedrich Dollmann Nikolaus von Falkenhorst Johannes Frießner Werner von Fritsch Friedrich Fromm Heinz Guderian Curt Haase Franz Halder Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord Josef Harpe Gotthard Heinrici Walter Heitz Carl Hilpert Erich Hoepner Karl-Adolf Hollidt Hermann Hoth Hans-Valentin Hube Erwin Jaenecke Alfred Jodl Georg Lindemann Eberhard von Mackensen Erhard Raus Georg-Hans Reinhardt Lothar Rendulic Richard Ruoff Hans von Salmuth Rudolf Schmidt Eugen Ritter von Schobert Adolf Strauss Karl Strecker Heinrich von Vietinghoff Walter Weiß Kurt Zeitzler
Colonel General (Generaloberst) of the Luftwaffe	Otto Deßloch Ulrich Grauert Hans Jeschonnek Alfred Keller Günther Korten Bruno Loerzer Alexander Löhr Günther Rüdel Kurt Student Hans-Jürgen Stumpff Ernst Udet Hubert Weise
General Admiral (Generaladmiral) of the Kriegsmarine	Conrad Albrecht Hermann Boehm Rolf Carls Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Oskar Kummetz Wilhelm Marschall Alfred Saalwächter Otto Schniewind Otto Schultze Walter Warzecha Karl Witzell
Oberst-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS	Sepp Dietrich Paul Hausser

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