Paul Tiede

General Paul Tiede

Paul Tiede (born December 17, 1858 in Groß-Rambin , † February 3, 1946 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a German infantry general .

Life

Tiede joined on 1 March 1878 as a cadet in the Colbergsche Grenadier Regiment (2nd Pomeranian) no. 9 of the Prussian army in Stargard and was here on October 12, 1878 to Ensign appointed and on 13 March 1879 second lieutenant promoted. As such, he served from April 1, 1881 to June 4, 1883, the Adjutant of the Fusilier - battalion . Subsequently, Tiede was assigned as an educator to the Oranienstein Cadet House and from April 1, 1887 to the main cadet institute . On August 18, 1888, he was promoted to Prime Lieutenant and on April 1, 1889, he was transferred to Rendsburg in the Infantry Regiment "Duke of Holstein" (Holsteinisches) No. 85 . For further training, Tiede was then sent to the War Academy from October 1, 1890 to July 20, 1893 . After his return to his unit, Tiede was appointed company commander while being promoted to captain . On September 12, 1896, he was placed à la suite and transferred to the Potsdam War School as a teacher . After his teaching activity, Tiede was aggregated to the 6th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 49 in Gnesen on October 16, 1901 and appointed company commander there two days later. With the simultaneous promotion to major , he was transferred to Küstrin on September 11, 1903 , to the infantry regiment "von Stülpnagel" (5th Brandenburg) No. 48 stationed there . Another two years later, Tiede took over as commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Infantry Regiment “Graf Schwerin” (3rd Pomeranian) No. 14 in Bromberg . Then Tiede moved up to the regimental staff , where he worked from April 21, 1911 until his appointment as commander of the 4th Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 157 on April 18, 1913. In the meantime, Tiede had been promoted to colonel on March 22, 1913 .

First World War

With the outbreak of World War I. Tiede Regiment made on August 2, 1914 in the garrison Brieg mobile and moved through the neutral Belgium in conjunction with the 12th Division to France one. During the Battle of Neufchâteau , it entered combat for the first time and then penetrated as far as the Marne . After the withdrawal and the heavy fighting that followed, the regiment entered the Champagne region east of Reims into trench warfare. Tiede was appointed commander of the 56th Infantry Brigade on November 1, 1914, which he led for the first time in the December battle in Flanders .

In 1915 the brigade fought on the Lorettohöhe, near Ablain and Angres, before the fighting there ended in the Loretto Battle . In June 1915, the brigade was then pulled from the front and deployed again in the Champagne, where it was in trench warfare at Reims and Tahure-Ripont until mid-July 1916. As major general (since April 18, 1916) he then led her in the Battle of the Somme , from which she was pulled out at the end of September 1916 after heavy losses. On January 23, 1917, Tiede was released from his command and appointed commander of the 1st Guard Reserve Division , which at that time was on the Ancre west of Bapaume . During the Battle of Arras , which lasted from April to May 1917 , he was able to maintain his positions and repel several major British attacks. In the battle of Wytschaete , the German divisions standing there suffered devastating losses from mine blasting, and Tiede and his large unit managed to stop the British attack briefly. On June 12, 1917, she was drawn down from the front and moved to new positions near Lens .

In the spring of 1918 the division went over to the newly formed 17th Army , in whose association it took part in the Great Battle of France . After the breakthrough battle at Monchy- Cambrai , the Battle of Bapaume and the subsequent battles at Bucquoy, Tiede was awarded the Pour le Mérite on April 17, 1918 for the achievements of his division . In the 6th Army , the division fought at Armentières and returned to the 17th Army after the end of the offensive on the Lys . After retreating to the Siegfried Line, Tiede was able to distinguish himself repeatedly during the defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin , for which he was awarded the oak leaves for Pour le Mérite on October 25, 1918.

post war period

After the armistice , the division returned to Berlin to secure the protection of the Reich capital. In February 1919, the division had meanwhile been supplemented with volunteers, the unit moved by ship from Stettin to Courland , fought against the Bolsheviks here and then was deployed at the Eastern Border Guard on the Vistula .

After Tiede was transferred to the army officers on June 11, 1919, he submitted his resignation. This he was on 20 October 1919 under presentation of the character as a Lieutenant General granted and he to the disposition provided.

In civil life he wrote several publications about the history of his division and the experiences of the war.

Tiede received the character of General of the Infantry on August 27, 1939, the so-called Tannenberg Day.

literature

• Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3 , pp. 414-416.
• Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume II: M-Z. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 418-419.

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Tiede in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the units and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 1: Infantry Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-14-4 , p. 246.