Martin Grase

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Martin Grase (born May 3, 1891 in Schlochau , † August 4, 1963 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Infantry in World War II .

Life

Grase joined the Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich the Great" (3rd East Prussian) No. 4 of the Prussian Army on March 24, 1909 , coming from the cadet corps with the character as ensign . From mid-October 1909 to July 1910 he was assigned to the Anklam War School, where he was granted a patent for his rank and, after successful completion, he was promoted to lieutenant .

With the outbreak of World War grass came as a platoon leader and later as leader of the MG - Company with his regiment on the Eastern Front , where he participated in the battles with Stallupönen , Gumbinnen , Tannenberg , the Mazury Lake and the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes participated. During the trench warfare between Orzye and Szkwa grass was wounded and had to go to hospital . After his recovery, he was employed for two months as leader of the fortress machine gun detachment No. 19 and on August 20, 1915, he was transferred to the newly established Infantry Regiment No. 374 . Here he was first used as a leader of the MG company, promoted to first lieutenant on January 27, 1916 , and from September 17, 1916 as an MG officer in the regimental staff. With the regiment he was on the eastern front in position battles between Krewo, Smorgon , Narotschsee and Tveretsch. After intermediate courses at the Vilna Combat School and at Sturm-Battalion No. 5 of the 5th Army , Grase was assigned to the staff of the 16th Landwehr Division at the beginning of February 1918 . On April 1, 1918, he was transferred there as first orderly officer . Shortly before the end of the war, he was promoted to adjutant on October 11, 1918 .

After the armistice in Compiègne and the return home, Grase was initially reassigned to his main regiment on December 18, 1918, and after the demobilization in mid-January 1919, he was transferred to the General Command of the 1st Army Corps as an orderly officer . He was then a company commander at the First Volunteer Battalion of his former regiment, which as from June through October 1919 Volunteer Corps at Border Patrol East was in use. This was followed by his takeover in the provisional Reichswehr , where Grase served as an adjutant of the supplementary battalion in Infantry Regiment 2 in Allenstein from October 1, 1920 . On May 2, 1922, Grase became a captain and as such on January 25, 1923, chief of the 15th company of his regiment. After completing a mine throwing course, Grase was chief of the 13th MW company from November 1 to December 31, 1929. Various staff assignments then followed. Initially with the staff of the 3rd Division and with the staff of the Berlin Command, which was interrupted by an assignment with the Berlin Wehrgauleitung. In the meantime, Grase had been promoted to major on January 1, 1933, and to lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1935 . As such, he became commander of the III. Battalion of the 30th Infantry Regiment. After being assigned to a staff officer course, Grase was appointed First Adjutant at the General Command of the 1st Army Corps on October 6, 1936 .

On July 15, 1944, he succeeded General von Falkenhausen as head of the German military administration in Belgium and northern France .

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1996. ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 . Pp. 394-396.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 345.
  2. ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn . Berlin 1924. p. 158.
personal data
SURNAME Grase, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, general of the infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlochau
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1963
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau