Gustav Höhne

Gustav Höhne (born February 17, 1893 in Kruschwitz , † February 21, 1951 in Oberursel (Taunus) ) was a German officer , most recently general of the infantry in World War II .

Life

On March 27, 1911, Höhne joined the 1st Warmian Infantry Regiment No. 150 of the Prussian Army as a flag junior . With this regiment he took part in the First World War, was wounded several times and was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, the Wound Badge in Silver and the Hanseatic Cross of the City of Hamburg. After the end of the war, Höhne u. a. as adjutant of the 75th Infantry Brigade and was accepted into the Provisional Reichswehr in September 1919 . With the formation of the Reichswehr, he was transferred to the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment , to which he belonged until the end of January 1930.

Converted to the Wehrmacht on March 1, 1938, he was promoted to colonel . At the beginning of the Second World War he led the 28th Infantry Regiment as part of the 14th Army during the attack on Poland (September 1939) and from May 1940 during the Western campaign . He was promoted to major general in August 1940 and appointed commander of the 8th Infantry Division on October 25 . During the attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 he led his troops in the formation of the VIII Army Corps across the Nyemen to Grodno and then took part in the encirclement of Soviet troops in the Wolkowysk area. In the spring of 1942 his troops took part in the relief attack of the Seydlitz group on the Demyansk pocket , in the summer of 1942 his division was reclassified to the 8th Jäger Division . Already on August 1, 1942, he was promoted to Lieutenant General , followed on May 1, 1943 by the rank of General of the Infantry. On July 20, 1943 he was appointed Commanding General of the VIII Army Corps in the 16th Army . Finally, from November 23, 1944 until the end of the war, he was in charge of the LXXXIX general command . Army Corps in the area of ​​the 1st Army on the Western Front .

Awards

• Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
  • Knight's Cross on June 30, 1941
  • Oak leaves on May 17, 1943 (238th award)
• Certificate of Appreciation from the Commander-in-Chief of the Army for excellence on the battlefield on July 3, 1941

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 6: Hochbaum – Klutmann. Biblio Publishing House. Bissendorf 2002. ISBN 3-7648-2582-0 . Pp. 32-33.

Web links

• Stephen Rusiecki: In Final Defense of the Reich: The Destruction of the 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Death register of the registry office Oberursel I No. 26/1951.
2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1924. p. 159.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 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. 395.