Erich Böhme (officer)

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Erich Böhme (born July 20, 1863 in Sambleben ; † November 26, 1943 in Berlin ) was a German lieutenant general .

Life

Böhme was the son of a pastor.

On September 26, 1882, he joined the infantry regiment "Prince Carl" (4th Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 118 of the Prussian Army as a flag junior and was appointed second lieutenant on September 16, 1885 . Because of an honorary trade , however, Böhme had to say goodbye on December 18, 1885 and then studied.

On April 1, 1893 he was employed again in the fusilier regiment "von Steinmetz" (West Prussian) No. 37 . In the further course of his military career he attended the Prussian War Academy , became a captain and as such a company commander in the 4th West Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 140 and in the 1st East Asian Infantry Regiment . From March 22, 1913, Böhme was a major in the railway department of the Great General Staff .

During the First World War , Böhme was initially a railway commissioner for the 6th Army . On January 9, 1916 he was then commander of the infantry regiment "Graf Schwerin" (3rd Pomeranian) No. 14 , which at that time was off Reims on the western front . His regiment was relocated at the end of April 1916 and was then deployed almost a year before Verdun . In July and August it was particularly effective in defending the Thiaumont intermediate works . For his achievements during these battles, Böhme was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords in mid-November 1916 . During a several-week sick leave, Boehme was promoted to lieutenant colonel on March 22, 1917 . In September 1917 he was released from his command and sent to Turkey. There he was appointed Ottoman colonel and entrusted with the command of the 24th division located in Palestina . In the Second Jordan Battle from May 1 to 5, 1918, Bohmes Division was able to defeat a superior Australian cavalry division, which lost all of its artillery in the process, and detain the 8th Ottoman Army Corps, which was enclosed by English forces. For this, on May 7, 1918, Böhme was awarded the highest Prussian bravery award, the Order Pour le Mérite .

After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire , Böhme came to Romania as a brigade commander in Field Marshal Mackensen's army and briefly acted as leader of the 303rd Division . After the end of the war, Böhme worked in border protection and in the Army Peace Commission. He was accepted into the Reichswehr and belonged to the main commission for the revision of the infantry training regulations. As major general , Böhme was finally put up for disposal on December 31, 1923 .

During the Weimar Republic he was a leader in the Association of Asian Fighters , for whose yearbooks he wrote various papers.

During the Nazi era , Böhme was a member of the SA , in which he achieved the rank of SA brigade leader on July 20, 1943 . In addition, on August 27, 1939, the so-called Tannenberg Day , Böhme was awarded the character of Lieutenant General.

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 3-7648-2422-0 , pp. 75-76.
  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 105-106.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reichsarchiv (ed.): "Yildirim" German fighters on holy ground. Battles of the World War Volume 4, printed and published by Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg / Berlin 1925, p. 166
  2. ↑ http://joerg-peter-jatho.de/html/Personenregister.html
personal data
SURNAME Böhme, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lieutenant general, SA leader
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Samble life
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1943
Place of death Berlin