The 6th Division was a unit of the Reichswehr. In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size...
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Walther von Brauchitsch (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
transfer to the staff of the 2nd Artillery Regiment. The following year, he worked in the Ministry of the Reichswehr, in the Artillery Department. Brauchitsch's...
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Walter Heitz (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
April 1937 Heitz was promoted to General of the Artillery (General der Artillerie). On 17 August 1938, during Heitz's appointment as president of the...
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The 7th Division was a unit of the Reichswehr. In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size...
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Friedrich Dollmann (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
worked as a staff officer in the newly created Reichswehr Group Command IV of the Provisional Reichswehr in Munich, a post he retained for one year. On...
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Leonhard Kaupisch (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
moved into the new Reichswehr and was assigned to the Gruppenkommando 2 at Kassel. In 1923 he took command of an artillery regiment. From there he moved...
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Maximilian Fretter-Pico (category Reichswehr personnel)
into the Reichswehr. There he was first active in the staff of the 1st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment (German: 1. (Preußischen) Artillerie-Regiments) in Königsberg...
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Erwin von Witzleben (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
minutes to return to Zossen, where he reported the situation to General der Artillerie Eduard Wagner and then drove back to his country estate, 30 mi away...
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Kaiserjägerregiments as well as 102 Infantry Regiments. A new Army March Collection was decreed by the Reichswehr-Ministerium on May 15, 1925, under the supervision...
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Werner von Fritsch (category Generals of Artillery (Reichswehr))
the Nazi regime. Fritsch was promoted to General der Artillerie and Chief of the Army Command (Chef der Heeresleitung) on 1 February 1934, replacing General...
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Werner Milch (category Reichswehr personnel)
in Gold on 15 April 1944 as Hauptmann in the Stab II./Fallschirm-Artillerie-Regiment 2 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 January 1945 as Hauptmann...
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Curt Haase (category Reichswehr personnel)
2nd class Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 June 1940 as General der Artillerie and commanding general of the III. Armeekorps Scherzer 2007, p. 357...
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Friedrich von Rabenau (category Major generals of the Reichswehr)
the 72nd Field Artillery Regiment (stationed at Danzig), served in World War I, and remained in the Weimar-German Reichswehr. In 1936, von Rabenau was...
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October 1938 – 1 October 1940 General der Artillerie Paul Bader, 1 October 1940 – 25 May 1941 General der Artillerie Curt Jahn, 25 May 1941 – 1 April 1942...
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artillery expert of the war." Bruchmüller was not eligible for the post-war Reichswehr, because the Versailles Treaty prohibited heavy artillery, and he was...
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Gebiet der Leibesübungen, predecessor of the Deutsches Sportabzeichen Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1939 as General der Artillerie and...
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Robert Ritter von Greim (category Reichswehr personnel)
both the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment [de] (7. (Bayerisches) Artillerie-Regiment), which was subordinated to the 7th Division, and to the Flieger-Inspektion...
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Otto Hartmann (general) (category Reichswehr personnel)
(Bayerisches) Artillerie-Regiment on 1 October 1931 but one year later returned to the intelligence section of the Ministry of the Reichswehr. In this capacity...
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Bayerisches 4. Chevauleger-Regiment König Kgl. Bayerischer Artillerie-Kommandeur 7: Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 204 Gebirgs-Artillerie-Abteilung Nr. 6 I./Kgl...
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Ferdinand Heim (category Reichswehr personnel)
the Reichswehr. He was married on 25 August 1923 to Hedwig, née Wunderlich, and the couple had two sons. Heim served in the Reichswehr's 5. Artillerie-Regiment...
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the Reichsheer. He was first used in the Reichswehr 13th Artillery Regiment (Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiment 13). With the formation of the 100,000-man...
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Alfons Hitter (category Reichswehr personnel)
Leaves Knight's Cross on 14 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 178 488th Oak Leaves on 4 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander...
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Anton Dostler (category Reichswehr personnel)
April 1942 Succeeded by Generalleutnant Oskar Blümm Preceded by General der Artillerie Erwin Engelbrecht Commander of 163. Infanterie-Division 15 June 1942 –...
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Eduard Crasemann (category Reichswehr personnel)
Eduard Crasemann (5 March 1891 – 29 April 1950) was a German General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht and convicted war criminal who commanded several Panzer...
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Generalmajor Karl Dormagen Generalmajor Dipl. Ing. Hans Henrici General der Artillerie Kurt Jahn Generalleutnant Heinrich Rauch (Luftwaffe) (aerial observer...
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Paul Bader (category Reichswehr personnel)
Paul Bader (20 July 1883 – 28 February 1971) was a General der Artillerie (lieutenant general) of the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 2nd...
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armistice on March 9, 1918, he was transferred to the staff of General der Artillerie I at the Grand Headquarters. Theodor Geib was awarded both classes of...
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Wilhelm Fahrmbacher (category Reichswehr personnel)
the Battle of France. On 20 October 1940, he was promoted to General der Artillerie and appointed commander of the VII Army Corps, which he led during Operation...
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countries in Europe prior to and during the war. During the 1920s, the Reichswehr carried out analyses that indicated the 105 mm projectile was more effective...
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divisions created in that year. General der Artillerie Hermann Rumschöttel (1 October 1920 – 16 June 1921) General der Infanterie Richard von Berendt (16 June...
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