Friedrich Wilhelm Hauck

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Friedrich Wilhelm Hauck

Friedrich Wilhelm Hauck (born January 10, 1897 in Breslau , † April 15, 1979 in Überlingen ) was a German general of the artillery in the army of the Wehrmacht. After the Second World War, he turned to military history.

Life

After Notabitur at Elizabeth High School (Breslau) Hauck wanted at the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms University study law. When the First World War broke out , he volunteered for the 1st Silesian Field Artillery Regiment "von Peucker"; He renoncierte but already the Corps Borussia Wroclaw his father (as ratio Corps Guestphalia Hall) . Since he could not study, he soon asked the Corps for permission to leave. With the field artillery regiment No. 104 Hauck moved to the western front . There he was appointed NCO on November 5, 1915 , Vice Sergeant on August 22, 1916 and Lieutenant in the Reserve on June 12, 1917 . For his achievements, Hauck received both classes of the Iron Cross as well as the Wound Badge in Black. When he was taken into active employment in September 1918, Borussia offered him the corps loop . He remained a loyal and committed corps brother throughout his life. Employed in the Reichswehr , he served in several artillery regiments. In 1936 he joined the Army General Staff as a major in the Wehrmacht .

Second World War

Promotions

In the V Army Corps he took part in the attack on Poland and the campaign in the west . On June 1, 1940 he was appointed lieutenant colonel i. G. Chief of the General Staff at the Higher Command eg V. XXXVII. Half a year later to Colonel i. G. promoted, he became senior quartermaster of the 11th Army in February 1941 . In this capacity Hartmann was awarded the German Silver Cross on July 6, 1942 . On June 1, 1943, he was promoted to major general and commander of the 305th Infantry Division and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 11, 1944 . In January 1945 he was short-term with the leadership of the LXIV. Army Corps entrusted. On April 20, 1945 he was appointed General of the Artillery and Commanding General of the LI. Mountain Army Corps appointed. In Italy he was taken prisoner of war during the surrender of Army Group C on May 2, 1945 , which he spent in various POW camps in Rimini , Taranto and Bridgend ( Wales ).

post war period

Released from captivity at the beginning of 1948, he hired himself out as an unskilled worker in Stuttgart for a few weeks and then worked for the Evangelical Relief Organization as Eugen Gerstenmaier's office manager . In six years of activity he described on behalf of the United States Army and with the collaboration of six former generals "The Operations of the German Army Groups on the Eastern Front 1941-1945, Southern Territory" . With an assessment by Colonel General a. D. Franz Halder and a letter of thanks from the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army in Germany, he transferred the work (16 volumes) to the Federal Archives-Military Archives in Freiburg im Breisgau . Hauck left behind his wife and four children.

Works

  • Thoughts on the draft of the Federal Ministry of Defense for a "Decree on the formation and maintenance of traditions in the Bundeswehr". 1959
  • Study of Colonel General Hans v. Seeckt. Studies on military history, military science and conflict research, vol. 15. Biblio-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau.
  • Contribution to the “Scientific Commission for German Prisoner of War History”. Verlag Ernst and Werner Gieseking, Bethel 1962.
  • A German division in Russia and Italy - 305th Infantry Division 1941–1945. Podzun, Dorheim 1975.
  • Advising on a military science study "Reichswehr and Weimar Republic 1918 to 1933". Dr. Jacobsen, Society for Military Studies, 1957.

Reviews

Advising young historians

  • Dermot Bradley : Colonel General Guderian.
  • Eberhard Möschel: Field Marshal General v. Soft.

Others

  • Opinion on: The Christian and the prevention of war in the atomic age. German Ecumenical Study Committee, 1955.

Lectures

  • Preserve or create tradition. Soldiers' conference of the Ev. Academy in Bad Boll, 1951.
  • Addressing the feeling in training soldiers. Soldiers' conference of the Ev. Academy in Bad Boll, 1952.
  • Prussianism and defensiveness. Association of German Student Associations, 1964.
  • Stalingrad. (many places and often)
  • Reflections on the political strategy of the Soviet Union. Deutsche Corpszeitung 1975 and 1976.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Brockmann: Die Generale des Heeres 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 5: von Haack – Hitzfeld. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2538-3 , pp. 178-180.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 78/751.
  2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1930, p. 157.
  3. ↑ 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. 270.
personal data
SURNAME Hauck, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general of the artillery; Military historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1979
Place of death Überlingen