Ludwig Wolff (General, 1893)

Ludwig Wolff before his severe facial wound in May 1940; the knight's cross was subsequently retouched.

Ludwig Wolff (born April 3, 1893 in Chemnitz , † November 9, 1968 in Mannheim ) was a German infantry general in World War II .

Life

Wolff began his military career in 1912 in the infantry regiment "Kronprinz" (5th Royal Saxon) No. 104 . As a lieutenant (since 1913) and adjutant of the 1st Battalion, he took part in the First World War and was deployed on the Western Front.

After the end of the war he was taken over as a first lieutenant in the Reichswehr , where he was deployed as chief of the 4th company of the 11th (Saxon) infantry regiment in Leipzig after his promotion to captain on May 1, 1924 . With the promotion to major in 1934 Wolff came to the war school in Dresden as a tactics teacher . In October 1937 he became the commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant colonel , and from February 1939 he became the commander of the 192 infantry regiment as a colonel .

During the western campaign in 1940 Wolff was badly wounded in the face in Belgium. He was operated on several times in Brussels . He came to the West German clinics in Düsseldorf for follow-up treatment. In October 1941 Wolff became the commander of the 22nd Infantry Division . From October 17, 1941, his troops fought to gain access to the Crimea on the Isthmus of Perekop . In June 1942 his division succeeded in conquering Sevastopol as the first German unit to break through to Severnaya Bay.

Wolff became inspector of education and training in the army and was promoted to lieutenant general on December 1, 1942 . From December 1943 he was in command of the XXXIII. Army Corps and Commander in Central Norway (until August 10, 1944). From 1944 he was general of the infantry. From September to December 1944 Wolff was in the hospital in Berlin. From 1945 he was inspector of the Hungarian units in the reserve army. In May he was taken prisoner by the United States , from which he was released in June 1947.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class

Prussian rescue medal on ribbon

Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry on September 19, 1916

Knight's Cross 2nd class of the Saxon Order of Merit with swords

Knight's Cross 2nd class of the Albrecht Order with swords

Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves

Knight's Cross on May 26, 1940
Oak leaves on June 22, 1942 (100th award)

German cross in gold on February 8, 1942

Web links

Historic.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 139
↑ The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs-Orden 1736–1918, A Ehrenblatt of the Saxon Army , Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch-Stiftung, Dresden 1937, p. 716
↑ ^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. 796.

personal data
SURNAME	Wolff, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German infantry general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	April 3, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1968
Place of death	Mannheim

[Rangliste-1] Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 139

[2] The Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs-Orden 1736–1918, A Ehrenblatt of the Saxon Army , Wilhelm and Bertha von Baensch-Stiftung, Dresden 1937, p. 716

[Scherzer-3] 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. 796.