Hans Wolfgang Reinhard

Hans Wolfgang Reinhard (born December 11, 1888 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal ; † October 6, 1950 in Karlsruhe ) was a German infantry general in World War II .

Life

Reinhard attended the community school and grammar school in Zwickau from 1895 to 1908 . In March 1908 he joined the Saxon Army as a flag junior . At the end of 1909 he was promoted to lieutenant in the 8th Infantry Regiment "Prince Johann Georg" No. 107 and was temporarily a battalion adjutant there. During the First World War he took part in the fighting on the Western Front . For his work in the autumn battle in the Artois , Reinhard was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry as First Lieutenant and Company Commander in the 16th Infantry Regiment No. 182 on October 20, 1915 . Awarded with both classes of the Iron Cross , the Wound Badge in Black and the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of Civil Merit with Swords and the Knight's Cross First Class of the Albrecht Order with Swords and Crown, Reinhard ended the war as a captain .

After the end of the war , he was on the staff of the 24th Infantry Division from March to October 1919 and then on the staff of the Reichswehr Brigade 19. In October 1920 he was assigned to the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 37 with simultaneous use as artillery leader 19 ( Chemnitz ). At the beginning of 1921 he switched to the Reichswehr , where he was initially employed as a company commander and later from October 1921 as a battalion commander in the 11th Infantry Regiment in Leipzig . From October 1927 he was on the staff of the 4th Division in Dresden for four years .

Then it was used again in the 11th (Saxon) Infantry Regiment. In July 1934, from April 1934 as commander of the newly established 11th Infantry Regiment (later continued under his command as the Leipzig Infantry Regiment and 11th Infantry Regiment), he was promoted to colonel . In November 1937 he was appointed major general and from then on he served as commander of Luftgau IV (Berlin / Dresden). From October 1938 he was then Infantry Commander 26 and from the end of November 1938 he was in command of the 35th Infantry Division . At the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939 he led his division on the Upper Rhine and was promoted to Lieutenant General in October 1939 . In May / June 1940 the division was deployed in the western campaign as part of the 12th Army .

On November 1, 1940, he was promoted to General of the Infantry and on the 25th of the same month received command of the newly established LI. Army Corps , with whom he in April 1941 as part of the 2nd Army in the Balkan campaign participated. During Operation Barbarossa he led the LI. Army Corps, from July 1941 as part of the 6th Army , during the tank battle near Dubno-Lutsk-Rivne (end of June 1941), the attack on Kiev (September 1941) and in spring 1942 during the battle near Kharkov . On September 22, 1941, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . From June 1942 to December 1944 he took over the management of the LXXXVIII. Army Corps in the Netherlands . Reinhard commented on the large-scale looting accompanying the withdrawal of German troops as follows:

“ If the enemy situation forces the evacuation of areas, there is still the possibility of taking the small stocks of the civilian population that are important for fighting, feeding and clothing the troops. "

Due to the harsh winter of 1944/45, such a statement had no effect on the troops. In September 1944, Reinhard was involved with the Army Corps in Operation Market Garden . His successor was Lieutenant General Eugen Felix Schwalbe .

Afterwards he was commander of military district IV for two months . The air raids on Dresden led to considerable tension in his area of command. In the course of the reconstruction, which did not proceed as expected, the city commandant, Lieutenant General Karl Mehnert , was relieved of his position and reported directly to Reinhard. On April 10, 1945, Reinhard submitted his resignation in protest at Martin Mutschmann's interference in military affairs. He was not given a post until the end of the war and is said to have been taken prisoner of war afterwards .

literature

Short biography. In: Johannes Hürter : Hitler's Army Leader. Oldenbourg , 2006, p. 655.
Short biography. In: Rolf Michaelis : The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg". Michaelis-Verlag, 2004, p. 158.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b German Gender Book . 2004, ISBN 978-3-7980-0217-3 , pp. 414 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).
↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736–1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 530.
↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1924, p. 151.
↑ ^a ^b Peter Lieb: Conventional War or Nazi Weltanschauung War ?: Warfare and Fight against Partisans in France 1943/44 . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70741-0 , p. 540 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).
^ ^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. 84 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).
^ The German Army 1939, structure, locations, staffing and list of all officers on 3.1.1939. Edited by HH Podzun, Bad Nauheim 1953.
↑ Wolf Keilig (Ed.): Ranking list of the German armies 1944/45. Friedberg 1955, ISBN 3-7909-0113-X , p. 15, p. 323.
↑ 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. 620.
↑ Peter Lieb: Conventional War or Nazi Weltanschauungskrieg ?: Warfare and Fight against Partisans in France 1943/44 . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70741-0 , p. 497 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).
^ News for the troops . Kraus Reprint, 1945, p. 42 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).
^ Hans-Peter Lühr: Dresden, the year 1945 . Dresden History Association, 1995, ISBN 978-3-910055-27-8 , p. 23 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Reinhard, Hans Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Reinhard, Hans-Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German infantry general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	December 11, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hohenstein-Ernstthal
DATE OF DEATH	October 6, 1950
Place of death	Karlsruhe

[:0-1] German Gender Book . 2004, ISBN 978-3-7980-0217-3 , pp. 414 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).

[2] The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs Order 1736–1918. An honor sheet of the Saxon Army. Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch Foundation, Dresden 1937, p. 530.

[3] Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1924, p. 151.

[:1-4] Peter Lieb: Conventional War or Nazi Weltanschauung War ?: Warfare and Fight against Partisans in France 1943/44 . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70741-0 , p. 540 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).

[:2-5] 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. 84 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).

[6] The German Army 1939, structure, locations, staffing and list of all officers on 3.1.1939. Edited by HH Podzun, Bad Nauheim 1953.

[7] Wolf Keilig (Ed.): Ranking list of the German armies 1944/45. Friedberg 1955, ISBN 3-7909-0113-X , p. 15, p. 323.

[8] 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. 620.

[9] Peter Lieb: Conventional War or Nazi Weltanschauungskrieg ?: Warfare and Fight against Partisans in France 1943/44 . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70741-0 , p. 497 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).

[10] News for the troops . Kraus Reprint, 1945, p. 42 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).

[11] Hans-Peter Lühr: Dresden, the year 1945 . Dresden History Association, 1995, ISBN 978-3-910055-27-8 , p. 23 ( google.de [accessed on May 17, 2020]).