Joachim-Friedrich Lang

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Joachim-Friedrich Lang (born September 14, 1899 in Montigny near Metz ; † April 16, 1945 near Pillau ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Lang entered during the First World War on March 25, 1918 as an ensign in the replacement battalion of the Fusilier Regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Blumenthal" (Magdeburgisches) No. 36 of the Prussian Army . On April 15, 1918, he joined the regiment on the Western Front . After the end of the war , Lang worked in the Landesjägerkorps under General Maercker from March 1919 to April 1920 , then was accepted into the Reichswehr and finally retired from active service as a lieutenant on December 31, 1920 .

After the western campaign , Lang fought on the eastern front . There he received the German Cross in Gold on June 14, 1942 . As a colonel in the 481st Grenadier Regiment, Lang was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on September 4, 1943. On June 30, 1944, Lang was appointed commander of the 95th Infantry Division . After heavy losses against the Red Army , his division was disbanded in July 1944. After the division was reorganized in September 1944, Lang again acted as its commander. In this function, he was promoted to major general on October 1, 1944 in the Königsberg region . Lang fell on April 16, 1945 during defensive battles in the Lochstädter Forest near Pillau .

literature

  • Karl Knoblauch: Battle and Fall of an Infantry Division: The 95th Infantry Division.
  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): 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 7: Knabe – Luz. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2004, ISBN 3-7648-2902-8 , pp. 370–371.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 491.
personal data
SURNAME Lang, Joachim-Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Montigny-lès-Metz
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1945
Place of death at Pillau