Franz Gall (Lieutenant General)

Franz Gall (born September 2, 1884 in Trier , † December 27, 1944 in Mestre , Italy ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Gall joined the Infantry Regiment "Prinz Carl" (4th Grand Ducal Hessian) No. 118 of the Prussian Army on March 3, 1905 as a flag junior and was promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1906 with a patent from February 15, 1905 . On February 17, 1914, he was promoted to first lieutenant . After the outbreak of World War I he was appointed adjutant of the 1st Battalion in Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 118 on August 10, 1914. In this capacity, Gall took with his regiment in the 49th Reserve Infantry Brigade on the Western Front participated in the battles at Neufchâteau and the Marne . From the middle of September 1914, Gall was instructed for two months as an instructor for the Fahnenjunker course in Döberitz . He then acted as a company commander in the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 254, which was currently being set up. After the unit was mobilized, Gall moved with the regiment to the Eastern Front in January 1915 . Here he came u. a. in the winter battle in Masuria and was promoted to captain on June 18, 1915 . As such, Gall was active in various general staff assignments from mid-May 1917, most recently in the 117th Infantry Division .

After the end of the war , Gall was with the Eastern Border Guard in Upper Silesia and was accepted into the Reichswehr in 1919 . Here he acted from February 11, 1920 as head of the liaison office of the Reichswehr Ministry for Upper Silesia at the Army Peace Commission. Gall retired from military service on December 31, 1920, when he was given the character of major .

He then took up a degree in economics and worked as a speaker at the Silesian Committee in Wroclaw. Later he was managing director, then board member at Berra construction company.

As an L officer and commander of the Rastenburg military district command , Gall was re-employed in the Reichswehr on October 1, 1933. From October 1, 1934 he was Head of Training in Lötzen and was taken over in this function on March 5, 1935 in the E-Officer Corps . There he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 1, 1938 . After the beginning of the Second World War, he was appointed commander of the Landwehr Infantry Regiment 161 on September 18, 1939 and at the same time commissioned Gall to take care of business as Commander of Lötzen . This was followed by various general staff assignments from December 1, 1939. On October 25, 1940, he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Deputy General Command of the 1st Army Corps in Königsberg and was transferred to active service on April 1, 1941 while being promoted to colonel . Gall became major general on January 1, 1943 . From July 20 to September 5, 1943 he was in the Führerreserve , was then briefly assigned to Army Group D and on September 18, 1943 was appointed commander of the defensive section of Marseille . In the same capacity, Gall commanded the defensive section of Elba from December 5, 1943 . For his services in the defense of the island Gall received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 19, 1944 . This was followed by the transfer to the Führerreserve and his simultaneous command to Commander-in-Chief Southwest as General z. b. V. Shortly after his appointment as commander of the Venice Defense Section , Gall was promoted to Lieutenant General on August 20, 1944 with RDA from July 1, 1944. As such, he fell on December 27, 1944.

His son is the historian Lothar Gall .

literature

Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: 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 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 , pp. 173-174.

Web links

Entry German digital library

Individual evidence

↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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. 325.

personal data
SURNAME	Gall, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	September 2, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	trier
DATE OF DEATH	December 27, 1944
Place of death	Mestre , Italy

[1] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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. 325.