Hellmuth Bohlke

Hellmuth Böhlke (born February 7, 1893 in Lubahn near Danzig , † April 8, 1956 in Munich ) was a German officer , last lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Böhlke served as an officer in the First World War and changed to the police service after it ended and was promoted to police lieutenant on July 1, 1920. On October 15, 1935, he was taken over as a major in the newly founded Wehrmacht and promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 1, 1938 .

When the Second World War broke out, he led a battalion of Infantry Regiment 21 in the 17th Infantry Division during the attack on Poland in September 1939 . On January 21, 1941, he briefly took over command of the 260 Infantry Regiment of the 113th Infantry Division and on February 15 of the replacement regiment 46 of the 193rd Division. On March 15, 1941 he took over the leadership of the 430 Infantry Regiment of the 129th Infantry Division with which he was deployed during Operation Barbarossa on the central section of the Eastern Front. On May 13, 1941, he was promoted to colonel . On February 12, 1943, he was appointed leader of the Reichs-Grenadier-Regiment "Hoch- und Deutschmeister" of the 44th Grenadier Division , which was transported to Italy in August 1944. On January 1, 1944 he was promoted to major general and on February 1 took over the leadership of the 334th Infantry Division , which was deployed in the Pescara area on the Adriatic coast. On August 1, 1944, he was promoted to lieutenant general. In October 1944 she was assigned to the XIV Panzer Corps and took part in the defensive battles in the Bologna area, where she was subordinate to the I Parachute Corps from time to time. After the surrender of Army Group C , he was taken prisoner of war near Rimini at the end of April 1945 , and in June 1947 he was brought to the British Special Camp 11 Island Farm .

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Wound badge (1918) in black
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
German cross in gold on October 27, 1941
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on September 20, 1942
- Oak leaves on January 25, 1945 (716th award)

literature

Peter Stockert: Die Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 , 9 volumes, 4th revised edition, Bad Friedrichshall 2010–2011.

Web links

profile of the prisoners held at special camp 11 - Lieutenant General Hellmuth Böhlke (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Böhlke, Hellmuth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	February 7, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lubahn near Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	April 8, 1956
Place of death	Munich

[1] 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 .