Harry von Arnim (General)

Harry Bernd von Arnim (born March 26, 1890 in Criewen ; † October 26, 1941 near Naro-Fominsk , Soviet Union ) was a German major general in the Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

origin

He came from a Brandenburg noble family von Arnim and was the son of the later Prussian Minister of Agriculture Bernd von Arnim and his wife Margarete Freiin von Arnim (1859-1940).

Military career

Arnim came in the spring of 1912 as an ensign in the 1st Guards Uhlans of the Prussian army and was there on August 18, 1913 Patent of 19 August 1911. Lieutenant promoted. During the First World War he was deployed with the regiment on the Western Front and acted as a mounted, platoon and squadron leader. On October 5, 1916 promoted to first lieutenant and temporarily acted as a company commander in a guard infantry regiment. In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , Arnim received the Wound Badge in silver, the Knight's Cross II. Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords, the Cross for Distinction in War II. Class and the Lippe War Merit Cross . The allies of Austria honored him with the award of the Military Merit Cross III. Class with war decorations.

After the war, Arnim was accepted into the Provisional Reichswehr in October 1919 and served in the 4th Cavalry Regiment, which later became the 4th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Potsdam. With his promotion to Rittmeister on February 1, 1924, Arnim was appointed chief of the 6th Squadron . In the same function, he was transferred to the 15th (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Neuhaus / Westphalia on June 1, 1930 . From October 1, 1932 he was with the staff of the 14th Cavalry Regiment in Ludwigslust for a year , became a major on October 1, 1933 and as such was a teacher at the cavalry school in Hanover .

With effect from October 1, 1935, he was appointed department commander in Reiter Regiment 13 and on April 1, 1936 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel . A year later, on October 1, 1936, von Arnim became the commander of the tournament and racing department of the Hanover cavalry school . On October 1, 1938 he took up his service with the staff of the Higher Cavalry Officer 4 ( Philipp Kleffel ) in Hanover, but was entrusted with a new task only a few months later. As a colonel , Arnim was appointed commander of the military district riding and driving school in Warendorf on April 1, 1939 .

Arnim kept this post through the beginning of World War II until the end of May 1940. On May 30, 1940, he was appointed commander of the 479 Infantry Regiment of the 258th Infantry Division , with which he participated in the Eastern campaign from June 1941 . There he fell on October 26, 1941 near Naroforminsk. Posthumously Arnim was promoted to major general on March 1, 1943 with seniority from October 1, 1941.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 1: Abberger – Bitthorn. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 100-101.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reinhard Stumpf : The Wehrmacht Elite. Structure of rank and origin of the German generals and admirals 1933–1945. (Military history studies), Harald Boldt Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1982, ISBN 3-7646-1815-9 , p. 264.
2. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1930, p. 138.