General der Artillerie Otto Hartmann Born: 11 Sep 1884 in Munich (M�nchen) Died: 10 Jul 1952 in Miesbach Promotions:
F�hnrich (06 Jul 1903); Leutnant (08 Mar 1905); Oberleutnant (28 Oct 1912); Hauptmann (14 Jan 1916); Major (01 Feb 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1930); Oberst (01 Apr 1933); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1936); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1938); General der Artillerie (20 Apr 1940) Career:
Entered Army Service (06 Jul 1903)
F�hnrich in the 10th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Jul 1903-01 Oct 1910)
Detached to the Bavarian War School Munich (01 Mar 1904-26 Jan 1905)
Detached to the Artillery & Engineer School (01 Oct 1907-06 Jul 1908)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 10th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-08 Aug 1914)
Detached to the Bavarian War Academy (01 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)
In the Field with the 10th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (08 Aug 1914-24 Aug 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Brigade (24 Aug 1914-16 Sep 1914)
2nd Adjutant of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Division (16 Sep 1914-19 Jun 1916)
2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 1st Bavarian Landwehr-Division (19 Jun 1916-11 Sep 1917)
Assigned Imperial Ottoman Major i.G. with Army-Group-Command F (11 Sep 1917-25 Nov 1917)
Special-Purpose-General-Staff-Officer with the Turkish Army High Command 6 (25 Nov 1917-21 Jan 1918)
Special-Purpose-General-Staff-Officer with the General-Command of XVIII. Army-Corps (21 Jan 1918-04 Jun 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the Turkish Army-Command Ost (04 Jun 1918-25 Oct 1918)
Placed on Disposal for Use at the German Front (25 Oct 1918-01 Nov 1918)
3rd General-Staff-Officer with the General-Command of XV. Reserve-Corps (01 Nov 1918-01 Dec 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with the Replacement-General-Command of III. Bavarian Army-Corps (01 Dec 1918-12 May 1919)
General-Staff-Officer in the Intelligence Department of the Replacement-General-Command of I. Bavarian Army-Corps (12 May 1919-01 Jun 1919)
3rd General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of High Command M�hl (01 Jun 1919-29 Sep 1919)
General-Staff-Officer with Reichswehr-Brigade 4 (29 Sep 1919-16 May 1920)
General-Staff-Officer with Military-District-Command VII (16 May 1920-01 Oct 1921)
With the Staff of Command-Office Munich (01 Oct 1921-01 Apr 1922)
With the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Apr 1922-01 Oct 1922)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-16 Oct 1924)
Detached to the Staff of 7th Division, Director of Abwehr-Office (16 Oct 1924-01 Apr 1925)
Transferred into Group-Command 2 with previous service use (01 Apr 1925-01 Oct 1926)
Advisor in the Abwehr-Department, RWM (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1931)
With the Staff of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Jul 1932)
Detached to 'Foreign Armies' ('Fremde Heere') Department, RWM (01 Jul 1932-01 Apr 1933)
Military-Attach� in Moscow and Kaunas, Seat in Moscow (01 Apr 1933-01 Oct 1935)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Oct 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Artillery-Commander 1 (15 Oct 1935-12 Nov 1936)
Commander of the 7th Infantry-Division (12 Nov 1936-31 Jul 1939)
Commanding General of XXX. Army-Corps (26 Aug 1939-00 Mar 1941)
Taken ill (00 Mar 1941-09 May 1941)
To Disposal of OKH - F�hrer-Reserve OKH (09 May 1941-01 Jan 1943)
Commanding General of Security-Troops and Commander in Army-Area A (01 Jan 1943-17 Sep 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (17 Sep 1943-10 Feb 1944)
Commander of Special-Staff Hartmann with High Command South-West & Army-Group C (10 Feb 1944-02 May 1945)
In Captivity (02 May 1945-04 Jan 1947)
Released (04 Jan 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 05.08.1940 als General der Artillerie und Kommandierender General des XXX. Armee-Korps
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubil�ums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- T�rkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit S�bel
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Grosskreuz des Kgl. Rum�n. Ordens der Krone mit Schwertern
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