Josef Dahme

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Josef Dahme (born June 24, 1894 in Müschede , † January 24, 1978 in Munich ) was a German major general in the Army in World War II .

Life

Early years and World War I

After his high school Dahme occurred after the start of World War I on 23 October 1914 as a volunteer and later a cadet in the 22nd Infantry Regiment "Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern" the Bavarian army , and came to the Western Front . There he was promoted to lieutenant on March 18, 1915 and briefly transferred to the 3rd Infantry Regiment "Prince Karl of Bavaria" on April 27, 1916 . However, he resigned from this at the end of April 1916 and joined the replacement battalion of his former regular regiment on April 27, 1916. On October 10, 1916, Dahme was transferred to the 4th Landwehr Infantry Regiment. On October 15, 1917, Dahme switched to the air force , where he received training as an observer at the air replacement unit in Schleissheim . In this capacity, he flew in Army Aviation Park 1 and from mid-February 1918 and until the end of December 1918 with Aviation Department 199 b. On December 31, 1918, Dahme retired from military service .

Interwar years

On June 21, 1919, Dahme joined the Bavarian police , while being appointed police lieutenant , where he was deployed in the Munich military regiment until the end of September 1920, and later in the Munich police force. On September 23, 1920 he moved to the Munich State Police and on December 16, 1920 he was transferred to Bamberg , where he was promoted to lieutenant police on December 20, 1920 and to police captain on July 1, 1927 . In December 1928 Dahme returned to Munich, where he was employed by the Munich-Land state police until January 1930.

He then served with the Munich police force . On August 1, 1935, Dahme was taken over with the barracked state police with the rank of captain in the army and from mid-August was deployed as a company commander in Motor Department 7 in Munich, where he was promoted to major on March 16, 1936 . On June 1, 1936, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , and on August 1, 1936, he was appointed commander of Motor Vehicle Department 10, which he commanded until August 25, 1939.

Second World War

On August 26, 1939, Dahme was appointed commander of the newly established Kraftwagen-Transport-Regiment 602 and took part with the regiment in the Weser Exercise Company . From December 1940 to April 1941 he was a course director at the Fahrtruppe school in Hanover , where he was promoted to colonel on February 1, 1941 . Subsequently, from April 26, 1941, he served for a few months with the 7th Army, Army Supply Leader 551 . With the restructuring of this position in 1941, Dahme was appointed commander of the northern supply district of Army Group North , who was responsible for supplying (food and ammunition) to the local army in the Riga area . On April 1, 1942, Dahme was appointed to the newly formed Higher Supply Leader 2 with subordination to Army Group Center . This position was later renamed Army Group Supply Leader 2 and then Higher Commander of Supply Troops 2 and had the primary task of ensuring supplies to Army Group Center, later Army Group North. On October 22, 1943, Dahme was awarded the German Silver Cross. On May 16, 1944 he was appointed Higher Commander of Supply Troops 6 in Army Group D in France . On November 10, 1944, Dahme was transferred to the Führerreserve . On January 30, 1945, he was promoted to major general. However, there was no reactivation until the end of the war. On May 8, 1945 Dahme was taken prisoner of war , from which he was released in 1947.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. Part IV. Volume 3: Dahlmann – Fitzlaff. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1994, ISBN 3-7648-2443-3 , pp. 5-6.
• Wolfgang Keilig: The Generals of the Army 1939–1945. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 , p. 63.