Rudolf von Roman (General)

Rudolf Freiherr von Roman (2nd from right; 1944)

Rudolf Ernst Philipp August Joachim Freiherr von Roman (born November 19, 1893 in Bayreuth ; † February 18, 1970 in Schernau ) was a German artillery general in World War II .

Life

Roman joined the Bavarian Army on August 1, 1912 as a flag junior . With the outbreak of World War I , he became a lieutenant in the 6th field artillery regiment "Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon, Duke of Calabria" on August 1, 1914 , which was deployed on the Western Front . Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Wound Badge in Black, Roman joined a volunteer corps after the war . From there he switched to the Reichswehr and served in various associations . In the Wehrmacht, the officer who was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on August 1, 1936 (Colonel March 1, 1939) was transferred to the Army High Command on January 1, 1937 , where, with a brief interruption, from September 1 to 23, 1939, in the he led the 10th Artillery Regiment during the raid on Poland until October 31, 1939, when he was in the artillery sector.

On November 1, 1939, Roman became the commander of the 17th Infantry Division's artillery regiment 17 and led it in the western campaign against France. On November 15, 1940 he was appointed artillery commander (Arko) 3 at III. Army Corps (mot.) Appointed and participated in the war against the Soviet Union . There he took over the leadership of the 35th Infantry Division on December 1, 1941, after he had previously received his promotion to major general on September 1, 1941. On September 10, 1942, he was commissioned to lead the XX. Army Corps and promoted Roman to Lieutenant General on October 1, 1942, and to Artillery General on November 1, 1942. In this position, Roman received the Oak Leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 28, 1943 (313th award) Interrupted from two home leave in February / March 1943 and December 1943 / January 1944, he retained the leadership of this corps as commanding general until 1. April 1945 at. After the almost complete destruction of the units subordinate to the army corps in the Heiligenbeil pocket in East Prussia, the general command was transferred by sea to Swinoujscie , where Roman relinquished the command and was no longer used until the end of the war.

literature

Wolfgang Keilig : The generals of the army. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag 1983, p. 282.

Individual evidence

↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Roman, Rudolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Roman, Rudolf Ernst Philipp August Joachim Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German general of the artillery
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bayreuth
DATE OF DEATH	18th February 1970
Place of death	Schernau

[1] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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 .