Konteradmiral Wilhelm Bleckwenn Born: 21 Oct 1906 in Berge, Bersenbr�ck Died: 10 May 1989 in Saarbr�cken Promotions:
Polizei-Unterwachtmeister (01 Oct 1925); Polizei-Wachtmeister (01 Jan 1929); Polizei-Oberwachtmeister (01 Jun 1930); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Apr 1933); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1934); Oberleutnant (15 Oct 1935); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1936); Major (15 Oct 1941); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1942); Oberst (08 Nov 1943); Generalmajor (08 Feb 1945); Konteradmiral (01 Mar 1945) Career:
Entered Police Service as a Polizei-Anw�rter at the Police-School in Hildesheim (16 Apr 1925-31 Mar 1936)
With the Protection-Police in Weserm�nde (01 Apr 1926-30 Apr 1934)
Detached to Police-Offizer-Aspirants-Course in Spandau (20 Sep 1929-18 Sep 1930)
Detached to Firing-Instructor-Course anf Armoured-Vehicle-Training at the School for Technology and Traffic Berlin (20 Sep 1932-30 Nov 1932)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the State-Police-Group Hannover, Temporarily, also Platoon-Leader in the 2nd Unit of the State-Police Hannover (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into the Army (01 Aug 1935)
Detached to Course for MG-Platoon-Leaders at the Infantry-School D�beritz (23 Sep 1935-12 Oct 1935)
Company-Officer in the 1st MG-Battalion (15 Oc 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Company-Chief in the 10th MG-Battalion (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Detached to Officer-Course at the War-School Dresden (10 Jul 1938-10 Aug 1938)
Company-Chief in the 14th MG-Battalion (10 Nov 1938-04 Jan 1940)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 127th Border-Infantry-Regiment (04 Jan 1940 - 22 Nov 1940)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 690th Infantry-Regiment (22 Nov 1940-26 Mar 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, Detached as Officer-Trainor in the 63rd Infantry-Replancement, Ingolstadt (26 Mar 1941-20 Aug 1941)
Wounded, in Hospital, Transferred to the 256th Infantry-Replacement-Battalion (09 Sep 1941-31 Oct 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve, Army-Group Centre (21 Oct 1941-04 Nov 1941)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 467th Infantry-Regiment (04 Nov 1941-27 Nov 1941)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 467th Infantry-Regiment (27 Nov 1941-18 Jan 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 487th Infantry-Regiment (18 Jan 1942-01 Aug 1942)
Commander of the 487th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1942-14 Aug 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, also Battle-Commandant of Trier (14 Aug 1944-17 Aug 1944)
After the break-up of Army-Group Centre, he broke through with the remainder of the Regiments of the Dnieper and the Beresina from the Russian front to East Prussia in 44 days (17 Aug 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve with Military-District-Command XII (14 Aug 1944-18 Oct 1944)
15th Divisional-Leaders-Course (19 Oct 1944-15 Nov 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 708th Volksgrenadier-Division (15 Nov 1944-30 Jan 1945)
Commander of the 708th Volksgrenadier-Division (30 Jan 1945-20 Feb 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve with Military-District-Command XII (21 Feb 1945-27 Feb 1945)
Transferred into the Kriegsmarine with the Rank of Konteradmiral (01 Mar 1945)
Commander of the 1st Naval-Infantry-Division (28 Feb 1945-04 May 1945)
In British Captivity (04 May 1945-00 Jul 1947)
In French Captivity (00 Jul 1947-25 Oct 1947)
Released (25 Oct 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (14 Apr 1942)
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (06 Apr 1944)
Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz (18 Oct 1944, 621st Recipient)
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