Otto Lancelle

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 Krāslava Bridgehead on the Daugava near Krāslava, 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.

Otto Lancelle

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 Krāslava Bridgehead on the Daugava near Krāslava, 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.