Saturday, October 31, 2020

Luftwaffe Radio Operator in Tunisia

 

Luftwaffe radio operator in Thala area, Tunisia, February 1943.



Source :

ECPAD Archives, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2360048380929060/permalink/2697288740538354/?__cft__[0]=AZUZA9pxWJ5eKRcFQ8-_lWvbpMMxCzhKIMmqIZCvwtkPMvdBilAWalg2Ewd_XRKMsvSEj3BD4EbQlPb1Kl75PH361Zi7fRiO5aavwm9sJvU6XF7wpYwXMQ_-EZ95j8cewjccfNfQB2cV7IRnhi224j0MmMHdj8UCr7kt3DQSy-wN6w&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Bio of Generalleutnant Heinrich Kannengiesser

 


 

Born: 06 Feb 1880 in Bautzen
Died: 25 Jul 1970 in Lüneburg 

Promotions:
Fähnrich (28 Mar 1899); Leutnant (24 Aug 1900); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1925); Hauptmann (14 Aug 1913); Major (23 Jan 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1925); Oberst (01 Apr 1929); Charakter als Generalmajor (28 Feb 1931); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1937); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Apr 1941) 

Career:
Entered Army Service (28 Mar 1899)
Fähnrich in the 103rd Infantry-Regiment (28 Mar 1899-01 Apr 1913)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1908-00 Jul 1911)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred to the General-Staff of XII. Army-Corps (01 Aug 1941-1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in ther Staff of the 58th Infantry-Regiment (1916-07 Sep 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Government Antwerp (07 Sep 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Battalion-Commander in the 101st Grenadier-Regiment (00 Dec 1918-1919)
In the General-Staff of the Saxon Ministry for Army Matters (1919-1919)
With the Staff of Command-Office Dresden (1919-1919)
Chief of Staff of the Processing-Office of XII. Army-Battalion (1919-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of the 23rd Border-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 2919-01 Jan 1921)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of 4th Division (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1926)
Tactics-Instructor at the Infantry-School (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1928)
With the Staff of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-01 Nov 1930)
With the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Nov 1930-28 Feb 1931)
Retired (28 Feb 1931)
Employed by the Army (01 Mar 1931)
Economics-Officer with the Staff of 4th Division (01 Mar 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as A Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Oct 1937)
Economics-Officer in Dresden (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1935)
Military-Economics-Inspector IV, Dresden (01 Apr 1935-01 Oct 1935)
Military-Economics-Inspector XI, Hannover (01 Oct 1935-31 Oct 1938)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (22 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 411th Infantry-Division (Landesschützen) (22 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1942)
Retired (28 Feb 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- RK des Kgl. Sächs. Militär St. Heinrichs-Ordens: 06.10.1916
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Württembg. Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern
- RK II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern und Eichenlaub
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Kgl. Sächs. Silberne Rettungsmedaille
- Kgl. Sächs. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse

Source :

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2294037#p2294037

http://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant2/KANNENGIESSER_HEINRICH.html

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Bio of General der Artillerie Franz Barckhausen



Franz Barckhausen (21 December 1882 - 3 May 1956) joined the German Imperial Army on September 4, 1901 as a Fahnenjunker. He came to the 1st Upper Silesian Field Artillery Regiment "von Clausewitz" No. 21. In this he was promoted to lieutenant on January 27, 1903 after attending the war school in Danzig. On October 1, 1913, he was appointed first lieutenant to regimental adjutant of the 1st Upper Silesian Field Artillery Regiment "von Clausewitz" No. 21. As such he came to the front at the beginning of World War I. There he was promoted to captain on November 8, 1914. Until the summer of 1916 he was used in various positions in his regiment. He was then used in various general staff and troop positions. During the First World War, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Royal Prussian House Order of Hohenzollern with swords and both iron crosses with several other orders. After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr. In the spring of 1920 he came to the Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 8 with the transitional army. When the 100,000-man army of the Reichswehr was formed, he then joined the 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment. In this he was employed as the battery boss. In the spring of 1924 and 1925 he was listed as chief of the 2nd battery of the 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment in Schweidnitz. On February 1, 1926, he was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin while simultaneously being promoted to major. There he was deployed for the next few years at the Heeres-Waffenamt (WaA). In autumn 1929 he was appointed commander of the 1st (Prussian) driving department in Königsberg. As such, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on November 1, 1930. On October 1, 1931, he was transferred back to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin. There he was appointed chief of the Army Supply Department (Wa N). On April 1, 1933, he was promoted to colonel. On April 1, 1934 he was appointed field equipment inspector. On April 1, 1935, he was appointed Army Feldzeugmeister. As such, he was promoted to major general on April 1, 1936. On October 12, 1937 he was appointed Artillery Commander 24 (Arko 24). As such, he was promoted to lieutenant general on March 1, 1938. On May 1, 1938, he gave up his command. It has now been made available to the chief of the OKW. On March 15, 1939 he was appointed representative of the OKW at the Skoda Group in Prague and Pilsen. On May 1, 1939, he was appointed head of the German military mission in Slovakia. At the beginning of November 1939 he was relieved and transferred to the Führerreserve. For this he has now been appointed Armaments Inspector Upper East in Krakow. In mid-June 1940 he was then appointed armaments inspector for northern France. On July 3, 1940, he was appointed Chief of the Defense Economy and Armaments Staff France. On July 1, 1942, he was simultaneously appointed head of the main traffic control for France and Belgium in Paris. On July 1, 1943, he was promoted to General der Artillerie. On July 20, 1943, he was transferred to the Führerreserve. On August 31, 1943, he was retired from active service. On the same day he was awarded the German Cross in Silver for his previous work.

 

Source :

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2078340#p2078340

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/B/BarckhausenFranz.htm