Werner Drews (General)

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Werner Willi Drews (born March 16, 1914 in Bannaskeim , East Prussia , † November 23, 1974 ) was a German officer , lieutenant colonel in the Wehrmacht and, most recently, major general in the Bundeswehr .

Life

Werner Drews joined the Reichswehr in 1932 . From 1941 he served in various staff functions, including at the end of the war as First General Staff Officer (Ia) in the 11th Panzer Division . As a lieutenant colonel i. G. spent 3 years in captivity, wrote two German Military Studies for the Allies and was released from captivity in 1948.

From 1951 to 1955 he was employed in the Blank office and was responsible for "general military issues" and had worked closely with Wolf von Baudissin since 1952 . Here he became very active in supporting the defense policy of the federal government and the implementation of the " Inner Leadership ". His appointment as colonel took place in 1955, synonymous with the takeover in the Bundeswehr. For two years he was head of subdivision IV C responsible for “Armed Forces and the Public” and “Basics of Defense Reconnaissance and Volunteer Recruitment” in the Bundeswehr headquarters in Bonn . In this function he became a kind of mentor to Karl-Christian Trentzsch and was involved in the production and screening of the 1956 film The First Steps , a film about the difficult founding time of the Bundeswehr. In 1960 he was promoted to brigadier general. This was followed by his employment as a brigade commander at Kampfgruppenschule II in Munster and from 1964, now as major general, he was commander of the 2nd Panzergrenadier Division in Kassel (1964–1967) and later commander of the Territorial Command South (1969–1972). In 1967 he was elected by the NATO Council as "Assistant Director" at the International Military Staff (IMS) in Brussels . In 1972 he was adopted into retirement .

With the last uses he was with Werner Panitzki and Alfred Zerbel to the "new generation of officers in leadership positions in the Bundeswehr". In terms of importance for the development of the Bundeswehr, he was equated with Wolf von Baudissin, but due to the decision for Ulrich de Maizière as Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, he was unable to achieve a higher position.

Drews was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit (1972).

His son Rüdiger Drews (* 1942) is a former lieutenant general in the Bundeswehr.

Works

  • Operations of the 11th Panzer Division in Southern France, described by the division operations officer . MS # B-756, 1947, National Archives .
  • Remarks Regarding the War History of the Seventh US Army (15 Aug-14 Sep 1944) . MS # A-881, 1950, National Archives.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley , Heinz-Peter Würzenthal, Hansgeorg Model : The Generals and Admirals of the Bundeswehr, 1955–1999. The military careers . Volume 1, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1998, ISBN 3-7648-2492-1 , p. 409 ff.
  • Thorsten Loch : The face of the Bundeswehr. Walter de Gruyter, 2012, p. 135 ff.
  • Werner Drews . In: Political Studies, Volume 17, 1966, p. 601.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Tobias Temming: Resistance in German and Dutch Fiction: Historical Images and Culture of Remembrance (1943-1963) . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045878-7 , p. 65 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich, Rudolf J. Schlaffer: Military building generations of the Bundeswehr 1955 to 1970: Selected biographies . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-71181-3 , pp. 195 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  3. ^ Frank Nägler: The wanted soldier and his change: personnel armament and internal leadership in the years of establishment of the Bundeswehr 1956 to 1964/65 . Oldenbourg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-486-58815-6 , pp. 33 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Thorsten Loch: The Face of the Bundeswehr: Communication Strategies in the Volunteer Recruitment of the Bundeswehr 1956 to 1989 . Walter de Gruyter, 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-71221-6 , p. 135 + 136 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  5. ^ Frank Nägler: The wanted soldier and his change: personnel armament and internal leadership in the years of establishment of the Bundeswehr 1956 to 1964/65 . Oldenbourg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-486-58815-6 , pp. 92 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich, Rudolf J. Schlaffer: Military building generations of the Bundeswehr 1955 to 1970: Selected biographies . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-71181-3 , pp. 197 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich, Rudolf J. Schlaffer: Military building generations of the Bundeswehr 1955 to 1970: Selected biographies . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-71181-3 , pp. 207 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  8. ↑ GENERALS: Replacement for Pi . In: Spiegel Online . tape 34 , August 19, 1964 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  9. ^ National Council of the National Front of Democratic Germany. Documentation Center of the State Archives Administration of the GDR (Ed.): "Braunbuch". War and Nazi criminals in the Federal Republic and West Berlin. State, economy, administration, army, justice, science . State publishing house of the German Democratic Republic, Berlin 1965. Last (3rd) edition in the GDR 1968. Full text. P. 293.
  10. ^ Wehrkunde: Organ of the Society for Wehrkunde . Verlag Europäische Wehrkunde, 1972, p. 213 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  11. ↑ a b Helmut R. Hammerich, Rudolf J. Schlaffer: Military development generations of the Bundeswehr 1955 to 1970: Selected biographies . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-486-71181-3 , pp. 427 ( google.de [accessed December 15, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Federal Gazette of April 19, 1972.
personal data
SURNAME Drews, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Drews, Werner Willi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Bannaskeim , Rastenburg district , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH 23rd November 1974