Bio of Generalleutnant Willy Seeger (1890-1978)

Viktor Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Seeger
Born: 28 September 1890 in Arco (Südtirol) (heute Arco, Trentino, Italien)
Died: 27 July 1978 in Stuttgart

Promotions:
01.03.1935: Oberstleutnant
01.08.1937: Oberst
01.09.1941: Generalmajor
01.09.1943: Generalleutnant

Career:
1935 - 1936 ?
01.07.1936 Adj of V. AK
26.08.1939 Adj. Gen.Kdo. V. AK
01.08.1940 Kdr. Infanterie-Regiment 13.
01.10.1940 Kdr. Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 13
25.10.1940 FR ?
15.11.1940 Kdr. Infanterie-Regiment 75
26.07.1941 FR?
29.09.1941 Kdr. 292. Infanterie-Division
24.08.1942 FR?
01.05.1943 Kdr. Division Nr. 405
22.02.1945 FR?
23.04.1945 - 29.04.1945 “Korps Seeger“ (“Kampfgruppe Nord“) mit 106., 719. und 805. ID

Medals and Decorations:
 EK II,
 EK I,
 Ritterkreuz des Württembergischen MVO,
 Ritterkreuz 2. kl des Württembergischen Friedrichs Orden mit Schwertern,
 Ritterkreuz 2. kl des Sächsischen Albrechts Orden mit Schwertern,
 Verwundeten Abzeichen in Schwarz,
 Österreichisches MVK 3 kl mit KD.
 Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges 1914-1918 mit Schwertern (1934),
 Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung für 25 Jahre (2 octobre 1936),
 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1 Oktober 1938,
 1939 Spange zum 1914 EK II (23 juin 1941),
 1939 Spange zum 1914 EK I (21 juillet 1941),
 Verwundeten Abzeichen in Silber (29 juillet 1941),
 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (2 juillet 1942),
 Ostmedaille (22 août 1942).

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2269752#p2269752
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/68794-seeger-willy/
https://www.leo-bw.de/en/detail/-/Detail/details/DOKUMENT/labw_findmittel_06/labw-1-329199/Seeger+Willy?p_auth=dSoSNGM5
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/18510/Seeger-Willy.htm

Reichswehr Cavalry Maneuvers

Maneuvers of the Reichswehr cavalry at Frankfurt/Oder, 1933. The mounted soldiers are wearing the stahlhelm M18 kavallerie-helm version.

Source ;
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00993A
https://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/dba/de/search/?yearfrom=1933&yearto=1945&query=wehrmacht#

Reichswehr Sport Festival

 

Sports festival of the German Reichswehr at Berlin-Moabit Kaserne (barrack), 1934. Soldier with baggage during an exercise on the horizontal bar. The picture was taken by Georg Pahl.

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-04255

Reichswehr Fanfare Blowers

Fanfarenbläser (Fanfare blowers) of the Reichswehr at an event in Berlin, circa 1933. The picture was taken by Georg Pahl.

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-03154A

Bio of Generalmajor Hans Adolf Arenstorff

Generalmajor Hans Adolf Arenstorff
Born: 18 Oct 1895 in Lohe, Nienburg
Died: 05 May 1952 in Bryanka-Krasnopol, USSR

Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (25 Dec 1914); Fähnrich (08 May 1915); Leutnant (08 May 1915); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Rittmeister (01 Apr 1930); Major (01 Dec 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Nov 1941); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1943)

Career:
Entered Army Service (08 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 16th Dragoon-Regiment (08 Aug 1914-12 Jul 1915)
Leader of the large Baggage-Train of the Landsturm-Division Gericke (12 Jul 1915-05 Aug 1915)
Commander of the Staff-Guard of Landsturm-Division Gericke (05 Aug 1915-08 Apr 1916)
Squadron-Officer in the 16th Dragoon-Regiment (08 Apr 1916-09 Aug 1916)
Leader of the Guard-Platoon of the IX. Army-Corps (09 Aug 1916-01 May 1917)
Platoon-Leader in the 90th Fusilier-Regiment (01 May 1917-29 Jun 1917)
In the Staff of the 17th Infantry-Division (29 Jun 1917-01 Nov 1917)
Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of the 34th Infantry-Brigade (01 Nov 1917-01 May 1919)
In the Staff of Infantry-Leader 9 (01 May 1919-01 Apr 1920)
Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of Training-Command Altona/Staff 7th Cavalry-Brigade (01 Apr 1920-01 Aug 1920)
Transferred into the 13th Mounted-Regiment (01 Aug 1920-01 Jun 1929)
Squadron-Chief in the 18th Mounted-Regiment (01 Jun 1929-01 Oct 1933)
Squadron-Chief in the 13th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
In the Staff of the Mounted-Regiment Hannover (01 Oct 1934-01 May 1935)
Location-Senior Lüneburg (01 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
In the Staff of the 13th Mounted-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Battalion-Commander I./13th Cavalry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 152nd Reconnaissance-Battalion (26 Aug 1939-10 Dec 1940)
In the Staff of the 5th Rifle-Brigade (10 Dec 1940-14 May 1941)
Commander of the 79th Rifle-Regiment (14 May 1941-14 Jan 1942)
Commander of the 16th Rifle-Brigade (14 Jan 1942-00 Nov 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 60th Motorised-Infantry-Brigade (00 Nov 1942-02 Jan 1943)
In Soviet captivity (02 Jan 1943-05 May 1952)
Died in Soviet captivity (05 May 1952)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 14.01.1942 als Oberst und Komm. Schützen-Regiment 79
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militär-Verdienstkreuz II Klasse
- - Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militär-Verdienstkreuz I Klasse
- - Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”

Source :
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor/ARENSTORFF_HANS.html
http://www.kavallerie-regiment18.de/erste_eskadron.html

Hans Graf von Kanitz with His Wife

 

Hans Graf von Kanitz with his wife and on their wedding day. His last rank is Generalmajor (1 December 1942).

Source:
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor2/KANITZ_HANS.html

Kapitän zur See Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière as a Kapitän zur See. Lothar (18 March 1886 – 24 February 1941) was born in Posen (now Poznań, Poland) and of French-German descent, was a German U-boat commander during World War I. With 194 ships and 453,716 gross register tons (GRT) sunk, he is the most successful submarine captain ever! His victories came in the Mediterranean, almost always using his 8.8-cm deck gun. During his career he fired 74 torpedoes, hitting 39 times. Arnauld de la Perière remained in the German Navy (Reichsmarine) after the war ended. During World War II, he was recalled to active duty as a Vizeadmiral (rear admiral), and was killed in a plane crash near Paris in 1941 while taking part in secret negotiations with the Vichy French government.

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_von_Arnauld_de_la_Peri%C3%A8re
https://gmic.co.uk/topic/2515-officers-with-order-pour-le-merite/page/7/

Fun at Wilhelmshaven Naval Barracks

The Reichsmarine barracks in Wilhelmshaven around the time when Hitler came to power.‘Lord Muck’, lounging on the chair and being serenaded, claimed he was too hard worked to clean his locker properly prior to an inspection, so his mates are giving him a hand to make sure that the offending piece of furniture is spotless. Some punishment was called for and coping with a wet wooden locker was not terribly congenial because the offender could not lock his clothes away until it had dried out again. Consequently he was confined to barracks for a brief period while the rest of the ‘charmen’ had a run in town.

Source :
Book "Wolfpacks At War: The U-Boat Experience In WWII" by Jak Mallmann Showell

Reichswehr Artillery Team

A gun team mans a 7.5cm Feldkanone (field gun) NA, during a pre-war Reichswehr exercise. Although the light artillery piece was used in World War I, it was extensively used to equip escort batteries, which were

established in 1939 to assist the attacking infantry.

Source :
Book "Sturmartillerie: Spearhead of the Infantry" by Thomas Anderson

Reichswehr MG Crew During Manoeuvre

Soldiers of the Reichswehr man a Maschinengewehr (MG) 08/15, during an exercise in the interwar years. The largescale introduction of the machine gun by all combatants before outbreak of World War I totally changed infantry warfare.

Source :
Book "Sturmartillerie: Spearhead of the Infantry" by Thomas Anderson