Generalmajor Arthur Kopp Born: 18 Jul 1895 in Lahr, Baden Died: 18 Jun 1979 in Lahr, Baden Promotions:
Leutnant (24 Oct 1915); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Jun 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1925); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Apr 1930); Polizei-Major (09 Nov 1935); Major (16 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1939); Oberst (01 Oct 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (02 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 66th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-14 Mar 1916)
Severely wounded, in Hospital then with the Replacement-Battalion of the 66th Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Mar 1916-20 Dec 1916)
Transferred into the 500th Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Dec 1916-18 Jul 1917)
Battery-Leader in the 500th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jul 1917-12 Jan 1919)
Platoon & Temporary Battery-Leader of the 2nd Guards-Landessch�tzen-Battery (11 Feb 1919-14 May 1919)
Platoon-Leader & Court-Officer in the 15th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (14 May 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Feb 1920)
With the Baden State Police, Platoon-Leader & Motor Vehicle Officer in Schwetzingen, Motor Vehicle Officer & Adjutant in Heidelberg (01 Feb 1920-01 Apr 1924)
Motor Vehicle Officer, Temporary Adjutant & Traffic-Advisor in Freiburg, Breisgau (01 Apr 1924-01 Aug 1928)
Director of the Technical Department of the Ministry of the Interior and Instructor of the Gendarmerie-School in Karlsruhe (01 Aug 1928-01 Aug 1932)
Advisor in the Ministry of the Interior of State Baden, Karlsruhe (01 Aug 1932-01 Jul 1935)
Commander of the State-Police-Department Hanau (01 Jul 1935-16 Mar 1936)
Transferred to Army Service (16 Mar 1936)
Commander of the 43rd Antitank-Battalion (16 Mar 1936-01 Nov 1936)
Commander of the 37th Antitank-Battalion (01 Nov 1936-26 Aug 1940)
Commander of the 1st Panzer-Regiment (26 Aug 1940-01 Feb 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve (01 Feb 1942-01 Apr 1942)
Field-Equipment-Inspector Magdeburg & Commander of the Panzer-Replacement-Camp Magdeburg (01 Apr 1942-01 Mar 1943)
Chief of Staff of the Commander of Rear Army Area 559 (01 Mar 1943-21 Mar 1944)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Oldehrock, Holland and Training-Director for Tiger-Formations (21 Mar 1944-03 May 1944)
Commander of Assault-Brigade Narwa (03 May 1944-20 Sep 1944)
Commandant of Neustettin (20 Sep 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Leader of different mixed Formations with the Retreat-Battles in Pomerania (28 Feb 1945-10 Mar 1945)
Commandant of the Island of Usedom and of the Anklam Bridgehead (20 Feb 1945-14 Mar 1945)
Battle-Commandant of Swinem�nde (15 Mar 1945-05 May 1945)
At the same time, Commandant of Fortress Swinem�nde (15 Mar 1945-28 Mar 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-15 May 1945)
Commander of the 811th Division in British Internment-Area Holstein (15 May 1945-07 Feb 1946)
Released (07 Feb 1946)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (02 Feb 1942)
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