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.
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