Generalleutnant Paul Danhauser Born: 02 Aug 1892 in Regensburg Died: 11 Dec 1974 in Landshut Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (21 Oct 1911); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (21 Dec 1911); F�hnrich (07 Mar 1912); Leutnant (25 Oct 1913); Oberleutnant (17 Jan 1917); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1923); Major (01 May 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1936); Oberst (01 Jun 1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (24 Jul 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 15th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (24 Jul 1911-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Munich (01 Oct 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Platoon-Leader and Food-Supply-Officer in the 4th Bavarian Brigade-Replacement-Battalion (02 Aug 1914-20 Nov 1914)
Adjutant of the 4th Bavarian Brigade-Replacement-Battalion, later renamed III. Battalion of the 1st Replacement-Infantry-Regiment (20 Nov 1914-28 Nov 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Replacement-Regiment (28 Nov 1916-28 Jul 1918)
Company-Leader in the 1st Bavarian Replacement-Regiment (28 Jul 1918-25 Sep 1918)
Temporary-Leader of the I. Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Replacement-Infantry-Regiment (25 Sep 1918-31 Oct 1918)
Leader of the III. Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Replacement-Regiment (31 Oct 1918-06 Dec 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Replacement-Regiment (06 Dec 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the 15th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (31 Dec 1918-03 Jan 1919)
Adjutant of District-Command Landshut (03 Jan 1919-15 Nov 1919)
Transferred to the I. Battalion of the 48th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1919-06 Apr 1920)
Transferred to the I. Battalion of the 48th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (12 Sep 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred to the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-29 Sep 1921)
Ordinance-Officer with the Regimental-Staff of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (29 Sep 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Detached to Signals-Course with the 7th Signals-Battalion (12 Feb 1922-12 May 1922)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Company-Chief in the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Mar 1930)
At the same time, Detached to Battle-School-Course in D�beritz (18 Oct 1926-16 Nov 1926)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course in Berlin (18 Nov 1929-01 Dec 1929)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 20th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to the III. Naval-Artillery-Battalion, Tactics-Instructor in Swinem�nde and Flensburg-M�rwik (01 Oct 1932-01 May 1933)
Placed to Disposal of the Chief of Army Command while retaining previous Position as Tactics-Instructor with the Navy (01 May 1933-01 Jun 1934)
Transferred to the 6th Infantry-Regiment, while retaining previous Position as Tactics-Instructor with the Navy (01 Jun 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to Infantry-Regiment Flensburg, while retaining previous Position as Tactics-Instructor with the Navy (01 Oct 1934-01 Apr 1935)
Group-Leader with the Field-Equipment-Inspection in the General Army Office, RWM, from 21 May 1935 the RKM (01 Apr 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 88th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1936)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 106th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Transferred to the Staff of the 106th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Detached to the 139th Mountain-Regiment (05 Dec 1938-22 Mar 1939)
Commander of the 214th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-10 Jun 1940)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of the General-Command of the XIII. Army-Corps (17 Aug 1939-16 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 550th Infantry-Regiment (10 Jun 1940-12 Jun 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (12 Jun 1940-01 Aug 1940)
Transferred to the 214th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (01 Aug 1940-20 Aug 1940)
Commander of the 36th Infantry-Regiment (20 Aug 1940-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 427th Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1940-14 Feb 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 256th Infantry-Division (14 Feb 1942-01 Aug 1942)
Commander of the 256th Infantry-Division (01 Aug 1942-25 Nov 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (25 Nov 1943-10 Dec 1943)
Commander of the 271st Infantry-Division (10 Dec 1943-15 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Sep 1944-10 Oct 1944)
Temporary-Commander in Military-District XII (10 Oct 1944-01 Nov 1944)
Army Field Equipment Master in OKH (01 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Jun 1947)
Released (00 Jun 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (862): am 10.02.1942 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiments 427
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 02.09.1943 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 256. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I: 05.06.1917
- 1914 EK II: 00.00.1914
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Spange zum EK I: 05.08.1941
- Spange zum EK II: 17.07.1941
- Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen: 20.03.1940
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern: 30.01.1941
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�
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