Günther Angern

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Sigurd-Horstmar von Beaulieu-Marconnay, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb , Erich Hoepner and Günther Angern in Utena , 30 June 1941

Günther Ernst Adolf Herrmann Angern , in modern literature also wrongly von Angern , (born March 5, 1893 in Kolberg , † February 2, 1943 in Stalingrad , Soviet Union ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Günther Angern was a son of the late Major General s John Angern and Clara Ida Hedwig, born flour.

He joined the Prussian Army on April 1, 1911 as a flag junior . On November 18, 1912, he was promoted to lieutenant as a member of the Jäger Regiment on Horse No. 6 . It is known that after the First World War he served in the Reichswehr , was promoted to Colonel on March 1, 1938 and in November took command of the 3rd Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Panzer Division in the XIXth Century. Army Corps took over.

On December 4, 1939, he became the commander of the 11th Rifle Brigade. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on August 5, 1940 for his leadership qualities during the western campaign with the 11th Rifle Brigade, which was named "Ghost Division" under his leadership . In August 1941 he was briefly in command of the 11th Panzer Division , which had fought in the Kesselschlacht near Uman shortly before and which had taken up the 11th Rifle Brigade. On August 24, he was seriously wounded and had to be evacuated from the war zone.

With effect from October 1, 1941, he was promoted to major general. Angern was also the recipient of the German Cross in Gold from March 1942 .

After his recovery he took over on September 15, 1942 (initially only commissioned) the 16th Panzer Division , which he led during the Battle of Stalingrad . On December 1, 1942, he was promoted to lieutenant general. In order not to surrender to the Red Army after the German surrender and to have to go into Soviet captivity , Angern committed suicide on February 2, 1943. Before that he had probably tried in vain to leave the closing cauldron. His body was found by the Soviets days later.

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 1: Abberger – Bitthorn. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 75-76.
  • Angern, Günther. In: Wolf Keilig : The German Army, 1939–1945: Structure; Deployment, staffing, volume 3. Podzun, Bad Neuheim 1956, p. 6. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  • Lieutenant General Günther Angern (March 5, 1893– February 2, 1943). In: Ottomar Krug: German Generals 1918–1945. Online finding aid in the Freiburg Federal Archives , signature MSG 109.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth certificate archived in the Landesarchiv Berlin with the information for Günther Ernst Adolf Hermann Angern, male, March 5, 1893, Kolberg father Johannes Angern , mother Clara Angern .
  2. ↑ a b A. Harding Ganz: Ghost Division: The 11th "Gespenster" Panzer Division and the German Armored Force in World War II . Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, ISBN 978-0-8117-6391-2 , pp. 21 ( google.de [accessed on April 3, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Wolf Keilig : The German Army, 1939–1945. , P. 6 Google
  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 , pp. 193 .
  5. ^ A. Harding Ganz: Ghost Division: The 11th "Gespenster" Panzer Division and the German Armored Force in World War  II, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016l, p. 38. Google
  6. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders . Stackpole Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4617-5143-4 , pp. 105 ( google.de [accessed on April 3, 2020]).
  7. ↑ a b c d Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders . Stackpole Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4617-5143-4 , pp. 134 ( google.de [accessed on April 3, 2020]).
  8. ^ A. Harding Ganz: Ghost Division: The 11th "Gespenster" Panzer Division and the German Armored Force in World War II . Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, ISBN 978-0-8117-6391-2 , pp. 78 ( google.de [accessed on April 3, 2020]).
  9. ↑ Reinhold Busch, Survivors of Stalingrad: Eyewitness Accounts from the 6th Army, 1942–43 , ISBN 978-1-84832-7-665 , Frontline Books (Pen and Sword Books), 2014, p. 17
  10. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham Jr: Panzer Legions: A Guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of World War II and Their Commanders . Stackpole Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4617-5143-4 , pp. 133 ( google.de [accessed on April 3, 2020]).
  11. ^ Hans Schaufler: Panzer Warfare on the Eastern Front . Stackpole Books, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8117-4581-9 , pp. 162 ( google.de [accessed on April 3, 2020]).
  12. ↑ Lieutenant General Günther Angern (05.03.1893-02.02.1943) Günther Angern  in the German Digital Library
personal data
SURNAME Angern, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Angern, Günther von (alternative name); Angern, Günther Ernst Adolf Herrmann (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolberg
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1943
Place of death Stalingrad , Soviet Union