Hans-Joachim Fouquet

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Hans-Joachim Fouquet (born April 7, 1895 in Braunschweig , † February 17, 1944 near Cherkassy ) was a German officer , most recently Major General of the Army in World War II .

Life

Promotions

Fouquet joined the 2nd Litthau Field Artillery Regiment No. 37 on July 31, 1914 as part of the mobilization before the outbreak of the First World War . There he acted as part of the war as a platoon leader and later battery commander and adjutant . After the demobilization of his regiment, Fouquet was the personal adjutant of the flak commander at Army High Command 2 from 1919 to 1920 . In 1920 he retired from active military service with the rank of lieutenant.

His reactivation for the Reichswehr , in the same rank, took place on October 1, 1922. There he was assigned to the 2nd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment as platoon leader . On February 1, 1924, Fouquet transferred to the 11th mounted battery of the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Verden in the same position . From April 1932 to September 1934 he also acted as head of the battery. On October 1, 1934, he transferred to the 5th Artillery Regiment , where he was also employed as battery chief until the end of March 1936.

On April 1, 1936, Fouquet was promoted to major and at the same time appointed commander of Division II of Artillery Regiment 36 . From April 1939 to March 1940 he acted as commander of the 1st division of the Artillery Regiment 67 (Braunschweig), which had not yet participated in any campaign.

On March 22, 1940, Fouquet took over as commander of the 223 Artillery Regiment , which was subordinated to the 223rd Infantry Division . After the end of the western campaign, the division was used as an occupation force in Brittany and later on the Channel coast. With the beginning of the Eastern campaign , Fouquet's regiment marched within the scope of this division in the area of Army Group North with an attack on Leningrad , where it then took part in the blockade . On December 24, 1942, Fouquet was appointed artillery commander 113 (Arko 113). This staff was under the XXVI. Army Corps , which was also in the Leningrad area. On June 10, 1943, Fouquet gave command to Major General Werner Heucke and on the same day became Artillery Commander 107 . This staff was tactically under the XX. Army corps in the Orel - Desna - Gomel and Pripjet area of Army Group Center . On November 1, 1943, Fouquet gave up this command again and acted as commander of division group 112 from November 2, 1943 to February 1, 1944 . At this point in time, the division group had been trapped in the Cherkassy pocket on January 28, 1944 .

On February 1, 1944, Fouquet was charged with the management of Corps Department B (in the XXXXIII Army Corps ). Here he was awarded the German Cross in Gold on February 14, 1944. On February 17, 1944, Fouquet was seriously wounded when his corps attempted to break out and was taken prisoner by the Soviets . Fouquet died there of serious injuries.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley: Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945, Part IV, Volume 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 , pp. 48–49.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Gender Book Volume 122, 6th Lower Saxony Volume, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1957, p. 112.
personal data
SURNAME Fouquet, Hans-Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1944
Place of death near Cherkassy , Soviet Union