Edmund Blaurock

Edmund Blaurock (born October 12, 1899 in Nuremberg , † January 25, 1966 there ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Blaurock entered during the First World War on March 27, 1917 as a volunteer in the 8th field artillery regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" of the Bavarian Army . In mid-March 1918 he was transferred to the regiment in the field on the western front . During the fighting between Arras and Albert Blaurock suffered serious wounds on August 11, 1918 and saw the armistice of Compiègne in the hospital .

After his recovery he joined the Freikorps Epp and worked from June to the end of September 1919 for the Hirschauer volunteer battery. Blaurock was then taken over into the Provisional Reichswehr and assigned to the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 24. From there a year later he was transferred to the driving department 7. After 1934 active in the army training, he was appointed major on October 1, 1936 . On June 15, 1938, he was appointed First General Staff Officer (Ia) of the 8th Infantry Division and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on June 1, 1939 .

With the beginning of the Second World War , he took part in the Polish campaign in September 1939 and, from May 1940, in the western campaign. Since March 6, 1941, he acted as the Ia of the 9th Army , with which he participated in Operation Barbarossa from June 1941 . On February 1, 1942 he was promoted to colonel and from April 24 he served as chief of staff of the XXXXIII. Army Corps . Continuously deployed on the Eastern Front, he led the 205th Infantry Division from July 15 to August 15, 1943 as a colonel on behalf of General Paul Seyffardt . On November 1, 1943 Blaurock was chief of the General Staff of the XXVIII. Army Corps .

On February 10, 1944, he became Chief of Staff of the Friessner Army Group leading on the Narva Isthmus. After the dissolution of this front, on July 15, 1944, he took over the leadership of Corps Department D , which was broken up in the middle section of the Eastern Front at the end of June 1944 during Operation Bagration . On July 1, 1944, he took over the 56th Infantry Division and was promoted to major general at the same time . On April 1, 1945, he was lieutenant general and acquired two days later from units of the Reich Labor Service established Infantry Division "Ulrich von Hutten" . During the battle for the Seelower heights on April 18, 1945 he took over command of the CI association from Friedrich Sixt . Army Corps standing 5. Hunter Division . Blaurock was taken prisoner by the British on May 3, 1945, and was released in May 1948.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
Iron Cross (1939) 1st class
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd class
German cross in gold on June 4, 1944
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on July 27, 1944
- Oak leaves on February 19, 1945 (746th award)

literature

Dermot Bradley (Ed.): 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 , pp. 6-7.

Individual evidence

^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 254 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).
^ ^A ^b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 103 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).
^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 234 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).
^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 240 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).
↑ Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 193.
↑ ^a ^b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 224.

personal data
SURNAME	Blaurock, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1966
Place of death	Nuremberg

[1] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 254 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).

[:0-2] A ^b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 103 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).

[3] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 234 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).

[4] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 240 ( google.de [accessed on July 21, 2019]).

[5] Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 193.

[Scherzer-6] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 224.