Diether von Boehm-Bezing

Diether von Boehm-Bezing (born November 9, 1880 in Lüben , † November 30, 1974 in Ebenhausen ) was a German cavalry general in World War II .

Life

Boehm-Bezing entered on March 20, 1899 as an ensign in the Hussar Regiment "von Schill" (1st Silesian) No. 4 of the Prussian Army in Ohlau and was promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1900 . From August 18, 1905, Boehm-Bezing acted as an inspection officer at the Glogau War School for two years and was assigned to the Hanover Military Riding Institute from October 1, 1908 to September 30, 1910 . In the meantime he had been promoted to lieutenant on January 27, 1910 . On February 18, 1913, he was appointed regimental adjutant and, at the same time, promoted to Rittmeister on May 20, 1914, Boehm-Bezing joined the regimental staff.

When the First World War broke out , he took over as chief of a squadron in his regiment that was deployed on the western front after the mobilization . On April 10, 1918, he was then leader of the II. Battalion of the Reserve Infantry Regiment. 7. He received his work during the war, in addition to two classes of the Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords and the cross for Merit in the war .

After the end of the war and demobilization, he was in command of the reinforced Boehm-Bezing Border Guard Battalion from January 1, 1919, before he was again squadron chief in Hussar Regiment No. 4 from April 20, 1919, from which from October 1, 1919 the rider -Regiment 7 was created. When he was taken over into the Reichswehr, he remained with the 7th (Prussian) Reiter Regiment until August 24, 1922 and then worked in the same position with the 11th (Prussian) Reiter Regiment for almost a year . As a major (since February 1, 1923), he was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin on July 1, 1923 . From May 25, 1925 to September 30, 1929, Boehm-Bezing was a member of the staff of the 3rd (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Rathenow , and on September 1, 1928, he became a lieutenant colonel . As such, he was appointed commander of the 2nd (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Allenstein on October 1, 1929 . Three years later , Boehm-Bezing , promoted to colonel on April 1, 1931, was appointed commander of Stettin . In this function he was promoted to major general on October 1, 1933 and a year later he was appointed commander of the Stettin Equestrian Brigade. Another year later, while being promoted to lieutenant general, he was appointed commander of the 2nd Cavalry Division .

On March 31, 1936, Boehm-Bezing gave up command and was made available a day later. From October 1, 1936 until his departure on September 30, 1937, he was in command of Breslau and, from February 1, 1937, he was also Landwehr commandant of Breslau.

On August 26, 1939 he was reactivated and at the same time appointed commander of the 252nd Infantry Division .

He led the division at the beginning of the Second World War in the attack on Poland , then against France and in the war against the Soviet Union . On December 19, 1941, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold. On March 24, 1942, Boehm-Bezing was dismissed from his post and transferred to the Fuehrer's reserve . He acted from June 1 to December 29, 1942 as commander of Division No. 153, was then transferred to the Fuehrer's reserve one more time and promoted to General of the Cavalry zV on February 1, 1943. Boehm-Bezing did not receive another command, so that on February 28, 1943 his mobilization provision was lifted and he was finally put into retirement.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (ed.): Germany's generals and admirals. Part 4: Dermot Bradley, Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Roevekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 2: v. Blanckensee – v. Czettritz and Neuhauß. Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1929, p. 117.
2. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 22.