Generaloberst Erwin Jaenecke Born: 22 Apr 1890 in Freren, District Lingen Died: 03 Jul 1960 in Cologne (K�ln) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (28 Aug 1911); F�hnrich (18 Nov 1911); Leutnant (18 Aug 1912); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1916); Rittmeister/Hauptmann (01 May 1922); Major (01 Oct 1931); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Mar 1936); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1941); General der Pioniere (01 Nov 1942); Generaloberst (30 Jan 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (27 Mar 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the (Hannoversche) 10th Pioneer-Battalion, Minden (27 Mar 1911-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War-School Hannover (01 Oct 1911-30 Jul 1912)
In the Field with 2nd Company of the 10th Pioneer-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-23 Jul 1915)
Leader of 5th Company of the 10th Pioneer-Battalion (23 Jul 1915-03 Mar 1916)
Adjutant of the 10th Pioneer-Battalion (03 Mar 1916-23 Oct 1916)
Leader of 5th Company of the 10th Pioneer-Battalion (23 Oct 1916-09 Dec 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 19th Infantry-Division (09 Dec 1917-29 Aug 1918)
At the same time, Detached to the 26th Field-Artillery-Regiment (13 May 1918-24 Jun 1918)
2nd General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 26th Reserve-Division (29 Aug 1918-16 Dec 1918
Transferred back to the 10th Pioneer-Battalion (16 Dec 1918-07 Jan 1919)
Leader of 2nd Company of the Mortar-Detachment of the Guards-Cavalry-Rifle-Division (Freikorps) (07 Jan 1919-20 Feb 1919)
Detached for Service to the Grand General Staff (20 Feb 1919-20 Aug 1919)
Transferred into the 30th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (20 Aug 1919-06 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the Staff of Military-District-Command VI, M�nster (06 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Auxiliary-Officer with the Staff of 6th Division, and Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1921)
While retaining previous Position, Transferred into the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1922)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1922-01 Dec 1922)
Transferred into the Staff of Group-Command 2 & Detached to Orientation Seminar in Berlin (01 Dec 1922-01 Oct 1923)
Transferred into the RWM, Signals Position (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Leader I, K�nigsberg (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1927)
Chief of 1st Company of the 4th Pioneer-Battalion, Magdeburg (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to Gas Protection Course C in Berlin (03 Dec 1929-15 Dec 1929)
Transferred into the 2nd Mounted-Regiment and Detached to the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred to the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Oct 1931-01 Sep 1932)
Detached to Command-Office Berlin - Course-Director at the secret War Academy (01 Sep 1932-01 Apr 1934)
Transferred to the 6th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the 31st Pioneer-Battalion, H�xter (01 Oct 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Commander of Pioneers III (01 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1936)
Detached to the RKM/PA (12 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of Pioneers XIV (12 Oct 1937-15 Feb 1938)
To Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief Army - Chief of Staff of Special-Staff W (Spanish Legion Condor) (15 Feb 1938-12 Mar 1938)
Senior-Quartermaster of 8th Army with the Occupation of Austria (12 Mar 1938-00 Oct 1938)
Senior-Quartermaster of 8th Army with the Occupation of the Sudetenland (00 Oct 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Chief of Staff of the Inspection of Fortresses, OKH (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster of 2nd Army (26 Aug 1939-13 Oct 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster with the General-Staff of Border-Section-Command Centre (Army High Command 5) (13 Oct 1939-23 Oct 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster Commander-in-Chief East (Oberost) (23 Oct 1939-14 May 1940)
Senior-Quartermaster of 9th Army (14 May 1940-16 May 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (23 May 1940-04 Jul 1940)
Chief Quartermaster Paris (04 Jul 1940-25 Oct 1940)
Chief Quartermaster France (25 Oct 1940-15 Apr 1941)
Chief Quartermaster West (15 Apr 1941-01 Feb 1942)
Commander of the 389th Infantry-Division (01 Feb 1942-01 Nov 1942)
Commanding General of IV. Army-Corps (01 Nov 1942-17 Jan 1943)
Wounded in Stalingrad (17 Jan 1943)
As a result of his injuries, was airlifted out of Stalingrad (23 Jan 1943-27 Jan 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (27 Jan 1943-01 Apr 1943)
Commanding General of LXXXVI. Army-Corps (01 Apr 1943-03 Jun 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of 17th Army (03 Jun 1943-08 Oct 1943)
Commander-in-Chief of 17th Army (08 Oct 1943-01 May 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 May 1944-27 Apr 1944) *Hitler categorically demanded Sevastopol to be held. Jaenecke, Sch�rner, Zeitzler & Allmendinger all tried in vain to sway Hitler from his Halt-Order *Jaenecke sent a telex intended for Hitler to the Army-Group, Sch�rner passed it on to F�hrer-Headquarters immediately. Jaenecke categorically demanded at least one of the two promised divisions for reinforcement, in addition he wanted 'Freedom of Action'. Jaenecke was instructed to Report to Hitler (27 Apr 1944-29 Apr 1944) *Flew to Berchtesgaden. Jaenecke wrote a letter to Hitler after their meeting, in which he did not hold back his critisism of the F�hrer. On the return flight he was intercepted at Galatz and placed before a Court Martial. Guderian recieved the Special Task from Hitler to examine the case. Amongst other accusations, Hitler made Jaenecke solely responsible for the loss of the Crimea. Senior Party Officials encouraged Hitlers suspicions. By delaying his handling of the investigation, Guderian managed to save Jaenecke and obtain an acquital, although Hitler wanted a scapegoat for the loss of the Crimea and Jaenecke was retired (29 Apr 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Retired (31 Jan 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (11 Jun 1945-25 Nov 1947)
Tried by a Soviet Court at Sevastopol for War Crimes and Sentenced to 25 Years Imprisonment, served time in General-Camp 7048 Ivanovo-Vorkuta-Sverdlovsk (25 Nov 1947-13 Oct 1955)
Released (13 Oct 1955)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 09.10.1942 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 389. Infanterie-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 02.01.1943 als General der Pioniere und Kommandierender General des IV. Armee-Korps
- 1914 EK I: 03.10.1914
- 1914 EK II: 00.00.1914
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Bew�hrungsabzeichen
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse mit Spange �Vor dem Feinde"
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- Schaumburg-Lippisches Kreuz f�r treue Dienste 1914
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IVbis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13.03.1938
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange �Prager Burg�
- Spanienkreuz in Silber ohne Schwerter
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
- Kgl. Rum�n. Orden �Michael der Tapfere� III. Klasse: 07.05.1943
- Kgl. Rum�n. Orden �Michael der Tapfere� II. Klasse: 23.12.1943
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