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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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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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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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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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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East Prussia, by expanding the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the old Reichswehr. As this was a direct breach of the terms of the Treaty...
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with the following organisation: Infanterie-Regiment 11 (mot.) Infanterie-Regiment 53 (mot.) Artillerie-Regiment 14 (mot.) Kradschützen-Abteilung 54 Divisionstruppen...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Erwin von Witzleben (category Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr)
where he reported the situation to General of the Artillery (General der Artillerie) Eduard Wagner and then drove back to his country estate, 30 mi away...
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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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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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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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Generalmajor Karl Dormagen Generalmajor Dipl. Ing. Hans Henrici General der Artillerie Kurt Jahn Generalleutnant Heinrich Rauch (Luftwaffe) (aerial observer...
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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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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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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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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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Emil Leeb (category Reichswehr personnel)
downsized Reichswehr after the end of the war in November 1918, during 1919 Leeb served as a staff officer with the 4th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, the...
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Ernst Busch (field marshal) (category Reichswehr personnel)
Busch sided with Hitler. At this stage of his career, Busch was a General der Infanterie (General of Infantry) and was commander of Wehrkreis VIII. On...
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Party also had its own series of paramilitary uniforms and insignia. The Reichswehr's visual acknowledgement of the new National Socialist reality came on...
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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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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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Helmut Friebe (category Reichswehr personnel)
Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers...
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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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