Friedrich-Wilhelm German

Friedrich-Wilhelm Deutsch (born September 25, 1895 in Stolzenhagen , † March 27, 1945 in Wesel ) was a German officer , most recently Major General of the Air Force of the Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

On August 10, 1914, shortly after the beginning of World War I , Deutsch volunteered in the Schleswig-Holstein Pioneer Battalion No. 9 , which was deployed on the Western Front . Deutsch rose to lieutenant and served as platoon leader and battalion adjutant . He was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross, 2nd class.

After the end of the war and the demobilization of his battalion on September 30, 1919, Deutsch retired from the army and joined the volunteer regiment "von Oven" until September 1920 . In October 1921 he was taken over by the Reichswehr and used as a battery officer in the 2nd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment until March 1925 . From April 1925 to 1926 he was a company officer in the 2nd (Prussian) Pioneer Battalion in Stettin .

In 1926 he was delegated to study at the Technical University of Charlottenburg , which he graduated in 1931 as a graduate engineer . He then served briefly in the third battery of the 2nd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment, but was still 1931 in the Defense Ministry in Berlin placed where it until 1933 adviser in the Bali tables and ammunition Department (WaPrw 1) in Heereswaffenamt was (W a) . In 1933, Deutsch was transferred to the 2nd (Prussian) Motor Vehicle Department in Stettin as company commander , where he served until the end of May 1935. After that, Deutsch returned to the Army Weapons Office.

On April 1, 1936, he joined the Air Force . Until the end of August 1943 he served as a consultant and group leader in the Reich Ministry of Aviation . On September 1, 1943, Deutsch was appointed commander of Flak Regiment 25, which was entrusted with the air defense of the greater Hanover area . He was responsible for the heavy flak departments 461, 521, 801, 428 (railway flak) and the light flak department 871. In January 1944, the regiment had 18 heavy and 9 medium / light flak batteries. In January 1944, Deutsch was appointed commander of the Flak Group Halle-Merseburg (Flak Regiment 33), which secured the industrial properties in the greater Halle area and the refineries around the Leuna works . On April 30, 1944, German was appointed commander of the 16th Flak Division , which he held until the division command was converted into the General Command of VI. Commanded Flak Corps on February 9, 1945 on the Western Front , including the Battle of Arnhem . On February 10, 1945, Deutsch was transferred to the Luftwaffen-Kommando-West , where he was appointed combat commander of Wesel in March 1945 . There he fell on March 27, 1945.

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 3: Dahlmann-Fitzlaff. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1994, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 , pp. 188-189.
• Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German flak cartillery 1935–1945. Your major formations and regiments. 1st edition. VDM Heinz Nickel , Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 181.
2. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German anti-aircraft cartillery 1935-1945: Your large units and regiments. 1st edition. VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , p. 230
3. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German anti-aircraft cartillery 1935-1945: Your large units and regiments. 1st edition. VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , p. 240
4. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German flak cartillery 1935-1945. Your major formations and regiments. 1st edition. VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , pp. 84-85