Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper

Friedrich-Wilhelm von Loeper (born August 3, 1888 in Prieborn ; † October 7, 1983 in Bückeburg ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

origin

Friedrich-Wilhelm was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Georg von Loeper (1854-1930) and his wife Caroline Anna, born von Schoenermark (1861-1933).

Military career

After visiting the Cadet Corps , Loeper joined the Prussian Army and from 1908 served in the Grenadier Regiment "Kronprinz" (1st East Prussian) No. 1 . During the First World War , from 1917 onwards, he was assigned to the War Ministry . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , Loeper was accepted into the Reichswehr at the end of the war . From 1933 to 1935 he was in command of the Sennelager military training area .

In the army he led during World War II, among others, as commander of the, to the regrouping in the 6th Panzer Division , the 1st Light Division (August 1938-October 1939), the newly formed 81st Infantry Division (December, 1939 to October 1940 and promoted to Lieutenant General on September 1, 1940) and the 10th Infantry Division (October 1940 to April 1942). With the 10th Infantry Division he took part in the Eastern campaign and received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 29, 1941 . After almost two months in the Führerreserve, the division command of Division No. 178 followed, later the 178th Panzer Division , which he held until October 1944. From October 1944 to February 1945 he commanded the Tatra tank division, which shortly after its formation took action against the Slovak National Uprising . From March to April 1945 he was in command of the newly established Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Infantry Division . Then he went; without further command; in Allied captivity.

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 7: Knabe – Luz . Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf 2004, ISBN 3-7648-2902-8 , pp. 591-592.
Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen Häuser, 1918. Twelfth volume, Justus Perhes, Gotha 1917, p. 554.
Samuel W. Mitcham (2007a). The Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. Pp. 75, 76, 249, ISBN 0-8117-3353-X .
Samuel W. Mitcham (2007b): German Order of Battle: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS divisions in World War II. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books.

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. 137 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2019]).
^ 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. 138 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2019]).
↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 241 .
↑ Veit Scherzer : The 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 .
^ 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. 210 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Loeper, Friedrich-Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	August 3, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prieborn
DATE OF DEATH	October 7, 1983
Place of death	Buckeburg

[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. 137 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2019]).

[2] 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. 138 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2019]).

[3] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 241 .

[4] Veit Scherzer : The 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 .

[5] 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. 210 ( google.de [accessed on August 3, 2019]).