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Traugott Herr (born September 16, 1890 in Weferlingen ; † April 13, 1976 in Achterwehr ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the armored forces in World War II .

Life

Mr. occurred on 18 April 1911 as an officer cadet in the 35 Fusilier Regiment "Prince Henry of Prussia" (Brandenburg) no. In Brandenburg one. From October 1911 to July 1912 he was assigned to the war school in Glogau . After his return he took over the 9th company of his regiment as a lieutenant (from August 18, 1912) .

With the outbreak of the First World War he was deployed with the regiment on the Western Front . In October he became adjutant of the 2nd Battalion and on December 12, 1914 he was wounded for the first time. After hospital stay and recovery, he returned to his old position on January 12, 1915. On August 31, 1916, he was wounded again and after his recovery he received from 1 December 1916 training as MG - company commander in the second replacement MG Company of the III. Army Corps . He was entrusted with the command of the 2nd MG Company of the Infantry Regiment from January 15, 1917, before he switched to the staff of the 234th Infantry Division on November 6 of the same year . There he was promoted to first lieutenant on November 28, 1917 . On February 14, 1918, he returned to the 451 Infantry Regiment , was appointed to the staff from February 24, and was appointed deputy battalion commander on March 1, 1918 .

After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr . There he was first used as a company commander in the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . On October 1, 1923 he was transferred to the 9th (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Fürstenwalde and he was assigned to the military district command III. A year later he was transferred back to the infantry regiment. From September 29 to December 23, 1925, he was assigned to automotive training with the 3rd Automotive Division. As a captain (since January 1, 1926) he switched back to the staff of the 9th Infantry Regiment on February 1, 1926. In the following years he was assigned several times for automotive training. On February 1, 1927, he became chief of the 4th MG Company of the 9th Infantry Regiment. He kept this command until he switched to the infantry school in Dresden on July 1, 1933. There he was promoted to major on June 1, 1936, and to lieutenant colonel on October 1, 1936 . On January 1st, 1937, Mr. Battalion of the 33rd Infantry Regiment in Zerbst . He received his promotion to colonel on August 1, 1939.

Before the outbreak of World War II, Herr briefly took over the Infantry Replacement Regiment 13 in Neckarsulm on August 26, 1939 . He received his next command on September 18, 1939 via the Rifle Regiment 66 . With this he took part in the fighting in France . After the end of the fighting, he took over the Rifle Brigade 13 on October 14, 1940 and was involved with the unit in Operation Barbarossa , the attack on the Soviet Union. He was assigned on December 1, 1941 with the leadership of the 13th Panzer Division and appointed Herr with simultaneous promotion to major general on April 1, 1942 as its commander. During the fighting in the North Caucasus on October 31, 1942, he suffered a severe head injury from shrapnel, which would affect him for life. After his stay in the hospital he was first transferred to the Fuehrer's reserve, promoted to Lieutenant General on December 1, 1942 , and assigned to Army Group D in France on June 15, 1943 . There he was on June 29, 1943 with the leadership of the LXXVI. Army Corps commissioned on July 22nd in LXXVI. Panzer Corps was renamed.

Herr received his promotion to general of the armored troops and at the same time was appointed commanding general of the LXXVI. Panzer Corps on September 1, 1943. From February 28 to April 16, 1944, he briefly gave up his command. On November 24, 1944, he was assigned to lead the 14th Army . He underwent another head operation on December 4, which was necessary because of the wound he had suffered on October 31, 1942. After recovery and reassignment to the Führerreserve, he was assigned on February 15, 1945 to lead the 10th Army . With this he capitulated on May 2, 1945 in Italy and went into British captivity , from which he was released on May 17, 1948.

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1930, p. 142.
  2. ↑ 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 , p. 385.
personal data
SURNAME Lord, Traugott
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and general of the tank force in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Weferlingen
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1976
Place of death Backguard