Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a WWI volunteer as a Fahnenjunker in the 2nd Badisches Grenadier-Regiment “Kaiser Wilhelm I.” 110. He served in World War I, was highly decorated, and seriously wounded twice. After the war he joined the Freikorps, Independent Corps of the Army, but was dismissed in 1919. He reactivated in 1934 as a Hauptmann in the Reichswehr. He started World War II on the Western Front as a adjutant in the Generalkommando XXII Armeekorps in 1940. In 1941 he was commander of the 11th Battalion of the 111th Schützen Regiment at the Eastern Front, eventually becoming commander of the 160th Kradschützen Battalion. After different commands, he was Lieutenant General of the Coast Defense Line in the North of Holland and was captured in May 1945 and in prison until 1947.
Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a WWI volunteer as a Fahnenjunker in the 2nd Badisches Grenadier-Regiment “Kaiser Wilhelm I.” 110. He served in World War I, was highly decorated, and seriously wounded twice. After the war he joined the Freikorps, Independent Corps of the Army, but was dismissed in 1919. He reactivated in 1934 as a Hauptmann in the Reichswehr. He started World War II on the Western Front as a adjutant in the Generalkommando XXII Armeekorps in 1940. In 1941 he was commander of the 11th Battalion of the 111th Schützen Regiment at the Eastern Front, eventually becoming commander of the 160th Kradschützen Battalion. After different commands, he was Lieutenant General of the Coast Defense Line in the North of Holland and was captured in May 1945 and in prison until 1947.
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