Walter Chales de Beaulieu

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Hermann Breith (center) in conversation with General of the Panzer Force Werner Kempf (right) and Lieutenant General Walter Chales de Beaulieu (left) during the Citadel operation near Kursk on June 21, 1943

Walter Chales de Beaulieu (born June 14, 1898 in Saalfeld , † August 26, 1974 in Kressbronn on Lake Constance ) was a German lieutenant general in World War II and an author.

Life

Beaulieu joined the 1st Masurian Field Artillery Regiment No. 73 of the Prussian Army in Allenstein on June 21, 1915 as a flag junior . After completing a training course at the field artillery shooting school in Jüterbog , he was transferred to the regiment on the Eastern Front in mid-December 1915 . While the position of fighting against Daugavpils Chales de Beaulieu was on March 20, 1916 Patent from 14 June 1915 to lieutenant promoted. As adjutant of the 2nd Division, he moved with his unit to the Western Front at the beginning of December 1916 and worked there until the end of the war. His achievements were recognized by the award of both classes of the Iron Cross .

After the end of the war in the Reichswehr , Chales de Beaulieu was deployed in the 2nd (Prussian) cavalry regiment and completed, in the meantime promoted to lieutenant , in 1926/28 the driver assistant training . After further assignments, he served from August 1, 1937 for two years as a tactics teacher at the War Academy .

At the beginning of the German-Soviet War he was Chief of the General Staff of Panzer Group 4 under the command of Colonel General Erich Hoepner . He later commanded the 168th Infantry Division and the 23rd Infantry Division . From September 12, 1944, Chales de Beaulieu was in the Führerreserve and was retired from military service on January 31, 1945. As the former chief of the general staff of Colonel-General Hoepner, who had participated as a resistance fighter on July 20, 1944, the leadership no longer seemed sustainable for political reasons.

Fonts

  • The advance of Panzer Group 4 on Leningrad. 1961.
  • Colonel General Erich Hoepner. Military portrait of a tank leader. 1969

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 2: v. Blanckensee – v. Czettritz and Neuhauß. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 , pp. 417-419.

Web links

Commons : Walter Chales de Beaulieu  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rolf Düsterberg : Soldier and war experience: German military memory literature. P. 233. ( limited preview with Google Book Search ).
  2. ↑ Wolf Keilig : The German Army 1939–1945. Structure, commitment, staffing. Volume 3, Podzun, 1956, p. 35. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
  3. ↑ Dermot Bradley: Walther Wenck, General of the Panzer Troop. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1985, pp. 179, 202, 456 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
personal data
SURNAME Chales de Beaulieu, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Lieutenant General in World War II, author
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Saalfeld
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1974
Place of death Kressbronn on Lake Constance