Ludwig Wolff (General, 1886)

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Ludwig Wolff (born August 31, 1886 in Schlettstadt ; † May 17, 1950 in Neustadt in Holstein ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Air Force Aviators in World War II .

Life

Promotions

Early years and World War I

Wolff joined the 2nd Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 171 of the Prussian Army on May 24, 1904 . During the First World War he served initially as a company commander, and later as a regimental adjutant until October 27, 1916. Wolff then served until February 25, 1917 on the staff of the chief of the field railway system. On February 26, 1918, Wolff was transferred to the staff of the 5th Guard Division , where he remained until July 19, 1917. Wolff then served from July 20, 1917 to September 2, 1917, initially in the staff of the German military missions in the Ottoman Empire and was chief of the general staff of the 8th Turkish Army until April 30, 1918.

He returned to Germany in May 1918 and was held for use by the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army until the end of that month. On May 31, 1918 Wolff transferred to the staff of Army High Command 2 , where he remained until the beginning of July 1918. This was followed by his service in the staff of Army High Command 4 from July 4, 1918 beyond the end of the war until January 3, 1919 . On January 4, 1919, Wolff, meanwhile promoted to captain, returned to the 2nd Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 171, where he remained until its demobilization at the end of January 1919.

Reichswehr

During the Weimar Republic , Wolff was initially employed in the General Staff of the V Army Corps from January 22 to the end of September 1919 . He was then used until February 14, 1920 in the General Staff of Military District Command IV and VI. Wolff then served in the staff of the Reichswehr Cavalry Brigade 31 until the end of May 1920 and then in the general staff of the 6th Division until the end of June 1922 . From July 1, 1922 to the end of April 1924, he worked as a consultant in the Reichswehr Ministry .

On May 1, 1924, Wolff was appointed company commander in the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment , whose fortunes he led until the end of January 1927. He was then on the General Staff of Group Command 2 until the end of September 1930, from October 1930 to the end of September 1933 in the staff of Artillery Leader I and from October 1, 1933 to the end of February 1934 with the 11th (Saxon) Infantry Regiment used.

Wehrmacht

On March 1, 1934, Wolff joined the Luftwaffe, which was in the process of being established, and was initially incorporated into the Reich Aviation Ministry until the end of the month . On April 1, 1934, he was appointed Chief of Staff of Luftkreis-Kommando V, whose post he held until the end of September 1937. From November 1, 1936, he was also deputy commander of Luftkreis V. He was then from October 1, 1937 to the end of June 1938, Higher Aviator Commander 5 and then from July 1, 1938 to March 31, 1939, Commander of the 5th Airmen Division .

Second World War

Wolff only held one position from April 1, 1939 until the end of the war. He acted as a commanding general and commander in Luftgau XI with a command post in Hanover , which was in Hamburg from March 1940 and awarded the Luftgau XI shield in his name . He was the successor to Max Mohr (a former subordinate of Wolff), who had held this position before him. Wolff and his staff fell into British captivity in Hamburg on May 3, 1945 , from which they were released in February 1948.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl Friedrich Hildebrandt: The Generals of the Air Force 1935-1945. Volume 1: Abernetty-v. Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-2207-4 . P. 540f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1924. p. 146.
personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General der Flieger in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlettstadt
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1950
Place of death Neustadt in Holstein