Herbert von Böckmann

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Herbert von Böckmann (born July 24, 1886 in Bremen , † March 10, 1974 in Baden-Baden ) was a German infantry general in World War II .

Life

On March 14, 1905, Böckmann joined the 1st Baden Leib Grenadier Regiment No. 109 in Karlsruhe as an ensign . There he was promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1906 . From October 1, 1913 to July 31, 1914, Böckmann was sent to Berlin at the Prussian War Academy .

After the outbreak of the First World War , he was sent to the Döberitz Aviation School and from August 11, 1914, Böckmann was used as a pilot in Field Aviation Department 8. In this role, on November 28, 1914, he became first lieutenant . Böckmann returned to his regular regiment on August 21, 1915 and came to the Eastern Front as a company commander . There he was assigned to the High Command of the Nyemen Army on October 13, 1915 , and two days later he was used as an orderly officer with the Mitau Group staff. As a captain (since March 22, 1916), he was transferred to the General Staff of the I. Reserve Corps on August 31, 1916 and on December 7, 1916 in the same position to the 216th Division . Alternately, Böckmann was then active in various general staffs, most recently since May 31, 1918 in the political department of the field army.

After the end of the war, he joined the Baltic Landwehr staff on December 1, 1918. At the end of February 1919, he left there and joined the Freikorps Potsdam and then the Hülsen Freikorps as a company commander . On October 1, 1920, Böckmann was accepted into the Reichswehr and used as a company commander in the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . He was then transferred to the staff of Group Command 1 in Berlin on October 31, 1921 and to the Reichswehr Ministry there on November 17, 1922 . Four and a half months later, Böckmann was on the staff of Infantry Leader I until September 4, 1925. Böckmann then worked as a company commander in the 14th (Baden) Infantry Regiment . He was promoted to major on February 1, 1929, and a month later he was transferred to the Army Department (T 1) of the Reichswehr Ministry. Böckmann stayed here until his transfer on October 1, 1932 to the staff of the 3rd Division . On June 1, 1933, he became a lieutenant colonel and, as such, from September 1, 1934 to October 14, 1935, head of the training department in the Reichswehr or Reich War Ministry. In the meantime promoted to colonel on June 1, 1935 , he was subsequently appointed commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. From November 3, 1938, Böckmann acted as Chief of the General Staff of the 1st Army Corps and in this role became Major General on January 18, 1939 .

Before the start of the Second World War, Böckmann was briefly Chief of the General Staff of the 3rd Army from August 23 to October 2, 1939 , then became Chief of the General Staff of the Border Section Command North and finally on October 26, 1939, the 11th Infantry Division .

Böckmann led the division in the following period during the western campaign and as a lieutenant general (since August 1, 1940) in the war against the Soviet Union . From January 26 to March 9, 1942, he was transferred to the Führerreserve , then charged with the command of the L. Army Corps and promoted to General of the Infantry on April 19, 1942. Böckmann was dismissed from his post on July 20, 1942 and reassigned to the Fuehrer's reserve.

On January 31, 1943, the head of the Army Personnel Office, Rudolf Schmundt , proposed to Hitler that the general should be dismissed on the grounds that Böckmann could not come to terms with today's requirements . This was followed by his departure and discharge from active service on March 31, 1943.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley : The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. Volume 2: v. Blanckensee-v. Czettritz and Neuhauß. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1925, p. 145.
  2. ↑ 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. 190.
personal data
SURNAME Böckmann, Herbert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German infantry general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1974
Place of death Baden-Baden