Generalmajor Erich Dethleffsen Born: 02 Aug 1904 in Kiel Died: 04 Jul 1980 in Munich (M�nchen) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (01 Aug 1925); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1925); F�hnrich (01 Oct 1926); Oberf�hnrich (01 Sep 1927); Leutnant (01 Dec 1927); Oberleutnant (01 Jan 1931); Hauptmann (01 May 1935); Major (01 Oct 1940); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1942); Oberst (01 Mar 1943); Generalmajor (09 Nov 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Nov 1923)
Volunteer in the 8th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1925-01 Dec 1927)
Detached to I. Course at the Infantry-School (01 Mar 1926-30 Sep 1926)
Detached to II. Course at the Infantry-School (18 Nov 1926-03 Sep 1927)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course in Berlin (08 Oct 1928-21 Oct 1928)
Transferred into the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1927-01 Oct 1931)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1934)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment K�nigsberg (01 Oct 1934-01 Jun 1935)
Adjutant of Fortress-Commander K�nigsberg (01 Jun 1935-01 Oct 1935)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1935-01 Aug 1937)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander Glogau (01 Aug 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander of Fortifications by Glogau (10 Nov 1938-01 Apr 1939)
While retaining previous position, was Transferred into the Army General Staff (01 Apr 1939-24 Aug 1939)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Higher-Command XXXV (24 Aug 1939-19 Dec 1939)
Group-Leader in the Army-Training-Department of the Army General Staff (19 Dec 1939-15 Feb 1941)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of LVI. Army-Corps (15 Feb 1941-01 Nov 1941)
Taken ill (01 Nov 1941-06 Nov 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (06 Nov 1941-10 Jan 1942)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 330th Infantry-Division (10 Jan 1942-05 Feb 1942)
Wounded (05 Feb 1942-06 Feb 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (06 Feb 1942-30 Aug 1942)
Tactics-Instructor and Lecturer with the General-Staff-Courses of the War Academy (30 Aug 1942-10 Jun 1943)
Chief Of The General Staff of XXXIX. Panzer-Corps (10 Jun 1943-05 May 1944)
Chief Of The General Staff of 4th Army (05 May 1944-15 Feb 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Feb 1945-18 Feb 1945)
Admitted to Reserve-Hospital Detmold (18 Feb 1945-15 Mar 1945)
Detached to Army-Group Vistula for use as a Divisional-Commander with Army-High-Command 9 (15 Mar 1945-15 Mar 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of Division-Group Raegener (Division Dethleffsen) (15 Mar 1945-23 Mar 1945)
Chief of the Operations-Group in OKW/Wehrmacht-Operations-Staff (23 Mar 1945-30 Apr 1945)
Chief Of The General Staff of Army-Group Vistula (30 Apr 1945-04 May 1945)
Chief of the Army-Operations-Department in the Wehrmacht-Operations-Staff (04 May 1945-23 May 1945)
In British Captivity (23 May 1945-31 Mar 1948)
Released (31 Mar 1948)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (23 Dec 1943)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (01 May 1942)
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