General der Infanterie Paul Laux Born: 11 Nov 1887 in Weimar Died: 02 Sep 1944 in Riga Field-Hospital Promotions:
F�hnrich (25 Oct 1907); Leutnant (14 Aug 1908); Oberleutnant (28 Nov 1914); Hauptmann (11 Aug 1916); Major (01 Apr 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1933); Oberst (01 Jul 1935); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1941); General der Infanterie (01 Dec 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (20 Feb 1907)
Fahnenjunker in the (10th Saxon) 134th Infantry-Regiment, Plauen (20 Feb 1907-01 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 134th Infantry-Regiment of the 19th Replacement-Division (01 Aug 1914-1916)
In the General-Staff of XXVII. Reserve-Corps (1916-1918)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 106th Infantry-Regiment (1918-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of the Infantry-Leader of the 19th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 11th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jun 1922)
Transferred to the Army Peace Commission (01 Jun 1922-07 Nov 1922)
Company-Chief in the 11th Infantry-Regiment (07 Nov 1922-01 Apr 1923)
With the Staff of III. Battalion of the 11th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1923-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader IV, Dresden (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1925)
With the Staff of Infantry-Leader IV, Dresden (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1927)
In the Staff of the 4th Division, Dresden (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1930)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader VI, M�nster/Westphalia (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1934)
With the Staff of the 19th Division (01 Oct 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 24th Infantry-Regiment, Braunsberg/East Prussia (01 Oct 1935-01 Oct 1937)
Officer with Special Duties of the C-in-C Army & Commander in Air-Region Weimar as Officer of the Army (01 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Infantry-Commander 10, Passau (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Senior-Quartermaster of the 1st Army (26 Aug 1939-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 126th Infantry-Division (05 Oct 1940-30 Sep 1942)
Leader of Corps Laux (10 Oct 1942-28 Nov 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of II. Army-Corps (28 Nov 1942-20 Jan 1943)
Commanding General of II. Army-Corps (20 Jan 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Commanding General of II. Army-Corps (11 May 1944-03 Jul 1944)
Commander-in-Chief of the 16th Army (03 Jul 1944-30 Aug 1944)
Severely wounded in an air crash in Riga (30 Aug 1944-02 Sep 1944)
Died as a result of his wounds in Field-Hospital 158 in Riga (02 Sep 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (731): am 14.12.1941 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 126. Infanterie-Division
- Eichenlaub (237): am 17.05.1943 als General der Infanterie und Kommandierender General des II. Armee-Korps
- RK des Kgl. S�chs. Milit�r St. Heinrichs-Ordens: 06.05.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Verdienstorden mit Schwertern
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- RK II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Sachsen-Weimarischer Hausorden der Wachsamkeit oder vom weissen Falken mit Schwertern
- Grossherzoglich Sachsen-Weimarisches Wilhelm Ernst-Kriegskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I: 00.07.1940
- Spange zum EK I: 00.01.1940
- Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942"
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