Gerhard Glokke

Gerhard Glokke (born November 26, 1884 in Posen , † June 5, 1944 in Munster ) was a German infantry general .

Life

Glokke joined the 2nd Lower Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 47 of the Prussian Army on March 1, 1903 as a flag junior . There he was promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1904 with a patent from August 19, 1903 and worked as an adjutant of the 1st battalion from the beginning of March 1908 to the end of February 1911 . From October 1, 1912, Glokke graduated as a first lieutenant from the war academy , which he had to leave prematurely due to the outbreak of the First World War .

With the mobilization , Glokke initially had a job as a regimental adjutant of the Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 46, which was formed by his main regiment. This was followed by assignments as adjutant of the 17th Replacement Infantry Brigade and the 22nd Landwehr Infantry Brigade. After his promotion to captain on November 28, 1914, Glokke was also employed as a representative of the General Staff Officer of the 3rd Landwehr Division from November 6, 1915 to November 28, 1916 . In addition, he acted briefly in February 1916 as leader of the 2nd battalion in the infantry regiment "Keith" (1st Upper Silesian) No. 22 , before he was employed by the General Staff of the Bug Army . On December 21, 1916, he was appointed First General Staff Officer of the 107th Infantry Division . After fighting on the Eastern Front , his division was transferred to the Western Front in mid-November 1917 , where it was deployed until the end of the war.

After the armistice of Compiègne and the march back home, Glokke joined the infantry regiment “King Ludwig III. von Bayern ”(2nd Lower Silesian) No. 47 back. After demobilization , he was taken over as a company commander in the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 9 of the Provisional Reichswehr in July 1919. With the formation of the Reichswehr , the 8th Infantry Regiment was formed on January 1, 1921 . Glokke was initially company commander and was from November 1, 1922 to April 30, 1923 with the headquarters of the II Battalion in Liegnitz . He then worked for the headquarters in Glogau , served from June 1, 1923 to May 31, 1924 with the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment and then with the Wilhelmshaven headquarters until September 30, 1926 . In the meantime promoted to major on May 1, 1924 with seniority from June 1, 1923 , Glokke then worked as a teacher of tactics and war history at the Jüterbog Artillery School. On April 1, 1928, he was transferred to the headquarters of Group Command 2 in Kassel , and on March 1, 1929, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. As such, Glokke commanded the 2nd Battalion in the 18th Infantry Regiment in Münster from October 1, 1929 , until after two years he was appointed commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment in Oldenburg . In this position he rose to colonel on February 1, 1932 . This was followed on October 1, 1933, as a commander (Wehrgau commander) of Münster and on October 1, 1934, the promotion to major general .

With the transition from the Reichswehr to the Wehrmacht , the previous camouflage designation was dropped on October 15, 1935 and his "service position" officially became the 16th Infantry Division . Glokke acted as the first commander of this division and became Lieutenant General on October 1, 1936 . After handing over command to his successor Gotthard Heinrici on October 12, 1937 , Glokke General z. b. V. at VI. Army Corps .

Before the beginning of the Second World War , Glokke was on August 26, 1939 the commanding general of the Deputy VI. Army corps and commander in military district VI (Münster) appointed. In this position, he received on September 1, 1940 Character as General of Infantry , and on December 1, 1940, the rank of seniority to his rank. On August 1, 1943, Glokke was awarded the German Cross in Silver. He died on June 5, 1944 while exercising his service and was buried in the forest cemetery in Münster-Lauheide.

literature

• Dermot Bradley , 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 in the rank of general. Volume 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 , pp. 310-311.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jürgen Kraus : Handbook of the units and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 2: Reserve and Landwehr Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902526-52-6 , p. 324.
2. ^ Georg Tessin : German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 , pp. 229-230.