Hans Traut (officer)

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Hans Traut (born January 25, 1895 in Saargemünd , † December 9, 1974 in Darmstadt ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Traut took part in the First World War and was accepted into the Reichswehr at the end of the war . Here he served u. a. in the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment .

On August 1, 1938, Traut was promoted to lieutenant colonel. At the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939, Traut was battalion commander in the 90th Infantry Regiment of the 20th Motorized Infantry Division during the attack on Poland .

During the western campaign from May 1940 in France, he led the 1st Battalion of the Infantry Regiment (motorized) 90 in the association of the 20th Infantry Division. On September 1, 1940 he was promoted to colonel and was appointed commander of the 41st Infantry Regiment on October 17, which he also led in June 1941 at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa in the Association of the 10th Infantry Division . On April 15, 1942, he was briefly assigned to lead the 10th Infantry Division, ten days later on April 25th he was appointed commander of the 263rd Infantry Division .

On April 1, 1942 he was promoted to major general and on January 1, 1943 to lieutenant general. On April 1, 1943 he took over the leadership of the 78th Sturm-Division, successor of the 78th Infantry Division , on the Central Eastern Front, which he commanded until his capture. His division took in July 1943 in the section of the 9th Army at XXIII. Army Corps participated in Operation Citadel and then led defensive battles in the Smolensk , Bryansk and Jelnja areas until the end of 1943 . One day after the start of Operation Bagration , the XXVII. Army Corps overrun on June 23, 1944 in the Orsha area by the offensive of the 2nd Belarusian Front , the subordinate 78th Sturm Division had to retreat from Brjuchowskije to Dubrowka behind the Drut sector. Between July 3 and 11, 1944, the 78th Sturm Division with the remnants of the 4th Army was trapped and completely destroyed in the Cherven pocket east of Minsk during the collapse of Army Group Center . Lieutenant General Traut was taken prisoner by the Soviets on July 12, 1944, and remained there until 1955.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 749.
  2. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 311 ( google.de [accessed on May 1, 2019]).
  3. ^ A b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 133 ( google.de [accessed on May 1, 2019]).
  4. ^ Rolf Hinze: Der Untergang der Heeresgruppe Mitte , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, p. 101 f.
  5. ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1929. p. 156.
personal data
SURNAME Trust Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Traut, Hans Karl Emil Julius Ludwig (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarreguemines
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1974
Place of death Darmstadt