Kurt Chill

Kurt Chill (born May 1, 1895 in Thorn , † July 5, 1976 in Hamburg ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Military promotions

October 1, 1913 Private
January 1, 1914 NCO
January 27, 1915 Lieutenant without patent
October 15, 1935 Major
March 1, 1938 Lieutenant Colonel
March 1, 1941 Colonel
December 1, 1942 Major General
June 1, 1943 Lieutenant General

Life

Churchill served as an officer in the First World War . After the end of the war, he switched to the police force. On October 15, 1935 he was accepted into the army as a company commander in the 65th Infantry Regiment. On April 1, 1937 he became the commander of the 1st Battalion of Infantry Regiment 1 of the 1st Infantry Division. As a battalion commander with the rank of lieutenant colonel, the Second World War began for him on September 1, 1939 under Joachim von Kortzfleisch. On February 1, 1940, he was transferred to the OKH Führerreserve and as a tactics teacher at the Army and Air Force Intelligence School in Halle an der Saale. On December 27, 1940, he became commander of the 45 Infantry Regiment in the 21st Infantry Division . In the further course he led as commander the 122nd Infantry Division , the 85th Infantry Division and from September 4 to November 9, 1944, the Combat Group Chill. On February 6, 1945, Chill became the commanding general with the leadership of the LV. Army Corps instructed. Then he acted as city commander of the port city of Pillau , which was appointed a fortress . On May 12, 1945, he was taken prisoner of war, from which he was released in 1947.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
Iron Cross (1939) 1st class
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd class
German cross in gold on December 1, 1941
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 25, 1943

Web links

Kurt Chill, Lieutenant General, accessed July 31, 2017
Lieutenant General Kurt Chill English; accessed July 31, 2017

Individual evidence

↑ ^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 .
↑ Jack Didden: Fighting Spirit - Kampfgruppe Chill and the German recovery in the West between September 4 and November 9, 1944, a case study . 2012, ISBN 978-90-800393-0-8 , pp. 401 ( ru.nl [PDF]).
↑ Hans Meier-Welcker: Defensive battles on the north wing of the Eastern Front, 1944–1945. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1963, p. 393f.
↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 130 .

personal data
SURNAME	Chill, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thorn
DATE OF DEATH	5th July 1976
Place of death	Hamburg

[Scherzer-1] 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 .

[2] Jack Didden: Fighting Spirit - Kampfgruppe Chill and the German recovery in the West between September 4 and November 9, 1944, a case study . 2012, ISBN 978-90-800393-0-8 , pp. 401 ( ru.nl [PDF]).

[3] Hans Meier-Welcker: Defensive battles on the north wing of the Eastern Front, 1944–1945. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1963, p. 393f.

[4] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 130 .