Hans von Tettau

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Hans von Tettau (born November 30, 1888 in Bautzen , † January 30, 1956 in Mönchengladbach ) was a German infantry general during the Second World War .

Life

His parents were the royal Saxon captain Hans Max Bernhard von Tettau (born December 14, 1854) and his wife Elisabeth Grädener .

In 1909 he joined the Royal Saxon Army as an ensign . In 1910 he was promoted to lieutenant . He took part in various functions in the First World War and was most recently a company commander. He was promoted to lieutenant and captain during the war .

After joining the Reichswehr , he was employed in the 10th Infantry Regiment as head of a machine gun company. From 1932 he was used as the commander of the training battalion of this regiment. In 1934 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1935 Tettau was appointed commander of the 101st Infantry Regiment and promoted to colonel in 1936 .

As the commander of this unit, he took part in the attack on Poland . On March 1, 1940, he was promoted to major general . While still in command of the 101st Infantry Regiment, he took part in the campaign in the west . The German 24th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht was under his command from June 14, 1940 to February 23, 1943. With this division he took part in the attack on the Soviet Union as part of Army Group South . He was promoted to lieutenant general on March 1, 1942 . On May 5, 1942, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold. For the achievements of his division in the conquest of the Sevastopol fortress , von Tettau was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 3, 1942. On February 24, 1943, he was the leader of reserve of OKH added. On September 1, 1943 he was appointed head of training and leader of the training staff z. b. V. in the Netherlands . From September 1943 to the end of 1944 he was also head of the SS school in Arnhem . When the Allied Operation Market Garden began, he formed the Tettau Combat Group from training units , which attacked the British in and around Oosterbeek from the west. Although almost only young, inexperienced soldiers served in the units, they partially succeeded in occupying the landing zones and holding the pocket at Oosterbeek from the west and north-west side.

In Western Pomerania from January to mid-March 1945 he was in command of the Tettau Corps Group , which consisted of the Köslin and Bärwalde infantry divisions . With this corps group he was included at Kolberg . Parts of his unit made a breakthrough to the west. On March 16, 1945 he was promoted to general of the infantry . On the same day von Tettau was transferred to the Führerreserve. On April 5, 1945 he was awarded the Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his leadership performance.

When the Wehrmacht surrendered , he was arrested by Allied occupation forces and released from captivity in mid-1947.

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  1. ↑ Stephen Badsey: The Hutchinson Atlas of World War II Battle Plans . P. 205 , accessed November 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Ranking list of the German Imperial Army , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin, p. 130.
  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. 740.
personal data
SURNAME Tettau, Hans von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German infantry general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Bautzen
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1956
Place of death Mönchengladbach