Hans Speth (General)

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Hans-Ludwig Speth (first from right)

Hans-Ludwig Speth (born October 7, 1897 in Rockenberg , † April 30, 1985 in Gauting ) was a German artillery general in World War II .

Life

During the First World War, on July 1, 1915, Speth joined the 2nd Kurhessische Feldartillerie-Regiment No. 47 of the Prussian Army as a flag junior . On July 1, 1916, he was promoted to lieutenant in the Lorraine Foot Artillery Regiment No. 16 .

After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr , where he a. a. In 1924 he served as an adjutant in the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment . After he became a teacher at the Army War Academy on August 1, 1936 , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 1, 1939 . G.

With the beginning of the Second World War he was on September 1, 1939 First General Staff Officer of the XXVII. Army Corps and joined the General Staff of the German Army Mission in Romania on September 30, 1940 . As Chief of the General Staff of the LIV. Army corps since April 1, 1941, he was promoted to Colonel i on June 1, 1941 . G. promoted. From November 23, 1942 to December 1, 1943 he served as Chief of the General Staff of the 18th Army and was promoted to major general on January 1, 1943 . This was followed by the post of commander of the 28th Jäger Division until April 28, 1944. On January 1, 1944, he was promoted to Lieutenant General, and on February 23, 1944, he received the Knight's Cross for the Iron Cross . From June 1, 1944 to May 8, 1945 he was the commander of the War Academy.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
• Hessian bravery medal
• Cross of Honor
• Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
• Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42
• Crimean shield
• German cross in gold on April 14, 1942

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 712.
2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1924, p. 76.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1924. p. 188.