Louis Koeltz

Louis Koeltz , actually Louis Marie Koeltz (born September 30, 1884 Besançon , † May 27, 1970 Paris ) was a French officer, most recently lieutenant general . He served in World War I as a General Staff Officer and in World War II he was Commanding General of the XIX. French Army Corps in Algiers . After the war he was a French government representative in the Allied Control Council (1945–1946) in occupied post-war Germany .

Life

Koeltz graduated from the Paris War School in 1913 . He then served as a general staff officer in the First World War. From 1926 to 1935 Koeltz was employed in the intelligence service of the French General Staff and was appointed Brigadier General in 1937. He was made a division general in 1940 and was director of the Services de l'Armistice from June 25, 1940 . In September 1941 Koeltz was appointed commander of the XIX. French Army Corps in Algeria . Since 1944 he was commanding general of the French military mission in Germany ( French Mission Militaire pour les Affaires Allemandes ). From 1945 he was the head of the French delegation in the Allied Control Council in Berlin until he was replaced on June 14, 1946. His successor was General Roger Noiret .

In 1946 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor and discharged from the army.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Time Magazine : People: People, Jul. 12, 1943 - July 12, 1943
2. ↑ Ernst Schraepler: Causes and Consequences: "From the German collapse in 1918 and 1945 to the state reorganization of Germany in the present" , Dokument-Verlag, 1979, p. 376.
3. ↑ Thomas Rösslein: Sources for the constitution of Württemberg-Hohenzollern , Kohlhammer, 2006, p. 1.
4. ↑ The Military Commander in France, Command Staff Division Ia: Situation Report August / September 1941 ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.