Generalleutnant Helmuth von Grolman Born: 06 Nov 1898 in Reinsheim, District Freystadt, Silesia (Schlesien) Died: 18 Jan 1977 in Hannover Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (03 Sep 1916); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (31 Oct 1916); F�hnrich (29 Jan 1917); Leutnant (22 Jul 1917); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1926); Rittmeister/Hauptmann (01 Nov 1933); Major (01 Aug 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943); Generalleutnant (09 Nov 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (30 Jun 1916)
Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Ulanen-Regiment (30 Jun 1916-25 Oct 1917)
Detached to Fahnenjunker-Course in D�beritz (08 Sep 1916-09 Dec 1916)
Transferred for Training as a Pilot to the 5th Flying-Battalion (25 Oct 1917-27 Jul 1918)
Transferred to Army-Flight-Park 9 (27 Jul 1918-05 Aug 1918)
Pilot with the 29th Flying-Battalion (05 Aug 1918-12 Jan 1919)
Transferred back into the 3rd Ulanen-Regiment (12 Jan 1919-29 Mar 1919)
Squadron-Leader of the 3rd Squadron of the 3rd Ulanen-Regiment (29 Mar 1919-25 Jun 1919)
Squadron-Officer in the 3rd Ulanen-Regiment (25 Jun 1919-01 Jul 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 27th Reichswehr-Cavalry-Regiment (01 Jul 1919-21 Jan 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 15th Cavalry-Regiment (21 Jan 1920-15 Feb 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 9th Mounted-Regiment (15 Feb 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Feb 1924)
Leutnant in the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01 Feb 1924-16 Feb 1924)
Delegated with the Leadership of the Signals-Platoon of the 9th Mounted-Regiment (16 Feb 1924-01 Mar 1926)
Detached to Cavalry-Signals-Course in J�terbog (13 Oct 1924-27 May 1925)
Detached to Signals-Course at the Artillery-School (22 Feb 1926-06 Mar 1926)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01 Mar 1926-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to the Commander Berlin, Service with the Chief of the Troop-Office, RWM (01 Oct 1932-01 May 1933)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Army Command (01 May 1933-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred into the RWM (31 Mar 1935-21 May 1935)
Transferred into the RKM � Army General Staff (21 May 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Advisor in the Central-Department of the Army General Staff (01 Jul 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Chief of the 4th Squadron of the 9th Cavalry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-27 May 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 28th Infantry-Division (15 Jul 1938-25 Oct 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Operations-Department of the Army General Staff (25 Oct 1940-23 Nov 1942)
Transferred to F�hrer-Reserve and attended Course at the Panzer-Troop-School W�nsdorf (23 Nov 1942-15 Jan 1943)
Commander of the 1st Panzer-Regiment (15 Jan 1943-01 Aug 1943)
Chief Of The General Staff of the 2nd Panzer-Army (01 Aug 1943-20 Jul 1944)
Chief Of The General Staff of Army-Group South Ukraine (21 Jul 1944-23 Sep 1944)
Chief Of The General Staff of Army-Group South (23 Sep 1944-23 Mar 1945)
Commander of the 4th Cavalry-Division (24 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (09 May 1945-31 Mar 1948)
Released (31 Mar 1948)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (12 Aug 1944)
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