Karl-Lothar Schulz

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Karl-Lothar Schulz in April 1944 (image montage - he did not receive the swords for the oak leaves until November 18, 1944)

Karl-Lothar Schulz (born April 30, 1907 in Königsberg , † September 26, 1972 in Wiesbaden ) was a German officer , most recently major general in the Air Force in World War II .

Military biography

Schulz joined the 1st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment of the Reichswehr on June 1, 1924 , where he was used until the end of August 1925. On August 31, 1925, Schulz resigned from military service for lack of career prospects and switched to the police . From October 13, 1925 to February 24, 1933 he was initially a police candidate, later a police officer candidate at the Brandenburg Police School and then joined the Berlin Police. During this time, on April 1, 1927, he was appointed police sergeant and on August 1, 1930, he was appointed police sergeant . On February 25, 1933 Schulz moved to the police department "Wecke" z. b. V. , which was renamed General Göring Regiment from September 1935 . Here Schulz rose on April 20, 1934, police lieutenant , and on September 1, 1935, police lieutenant on.

On October 1, 1935, Schulz joined the Air Force with the appointment of first lieutenant . He was employed as a platoon leader and rose through the company commander to the position of chief of the 15th (pioneer) company , whose post he held from October 1, 1935 to the end of March 1938. On March 1, 1937, he was promoted to captain . During this time he attended the parachute training course in Stendal from August to September 1938 .

With effect from April 1, 1938, Schulz was used as a company commander in the Paratrooper Regiment 1 . In this capacity he took part in the attack on Poland . On January 1, 1940 he was appointed commander of the III. Battalion appointed, which he led in the Weser exercise . Among other things in the battles near Dombås , where he was taken prisoner in Norway . After his liberation by German relief troops, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his services on May 24, 1940 . He then led the regiment in the western campaign , after which he was promoted to major on July 19, 1940 , as well as in the airborne battle of Crete . After the losses there, the regiment was moved back to Germany to refresh and from September 1941 deployed on the northern section of the Eastern Front near Leningrad . On April 17, 1942 Schulz left the battalion and acted from April 18 to June 3, 1942 as deputy ( mdWdGb ) First General Staff Officer (Ia) in the staff of the 7th Aviation Division . On June 4, 1942 he was appointed commander of the Paratrooper Regiment 1 , which operated in the Smolensk area , then Orel u. a. was used in gang warfare . Here he was on 26 October 1942 Lieutenant Colonel and on 12 October 1943, Colonel transported and received on 20 April 1944, the oak leaves awarded the Knight's Cross. On November 17, 1944, Schulz gave up command of the regiment, for whose leadership he was awarded the swords for oak leaves on the following day. On November 18, 1944, Schulz was entrusted with the command of the 1st Paratrooper Division , which he led on the Italian theater of war until the beginning of May 1945. He had already received his promotion to major general on January 17, 1945. On May 3, 1945, he was taken prisoner by the United States . Schulz was released from this on October 17, 1947.

Awards

literature

  • Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935–1945 Part II, Volume 3: Odebrecht – Zoch , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 , pp. 263–264

Web links

Commons : Karl-Lothar Schulz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

credentials

  1. ↑ a b Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry divisions, named infantry divisions, and special divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 , pp. 282 ( google.de [accessed on May 5, 2019]).


personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Karl-Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1972
Place of death Wiesbaden