General der Infanterie Johannes Block Born: 17 Nov 1894 in B�schdorf, District Halle, Saale Died: 26 Jan 1945 by Kielce on the Vistula, Poland (Killed) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (30 Jul 1915); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (16 Aug 1915); F�hnrich (09 Dec 1915); Leutnant (11 May 1916); Charakter als Oberleutnant (22 Jun 1933); Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1934); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1934); Major (01 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1941); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1942); Generalleutnant (21 Jan 1943); General der Infanterie (20 Aug 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (13 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 75th Field-Artillery-Regiment (13 Aug 1914-17 Oct 1914)
Transferred into the 1st Artillery-Munitions-Column of the IV. Army-Corps in the Field (17 Oct 1914-15 Feb 1915)
Transferred into the 36th Fusilier-Regiment (15 Feb 1915-27 Apr 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (27 Apr 1915-21 Jun 1915)
Transferred into the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 36th Fusilier-Regiment (21 Jun 1915-15 Jul 1915)
Transferred as Officer-Aspirant in the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 146th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1915-07 Dec 1915)
Detached to Fahnenjunker-Courses at D�beritz (01 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1915)
Transferred to the 146th Infantry-Regiment in the Field (07 Dec 1915-14 Nov 1916)
Taken ill, in Hospital (14 Nov 1916-23 Mar 1917)
Transferred into the Reserve-Battalion of the 146th Infantry-Regiment (23 Mar 1917-06 May 1917)
Transferred into the 208th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (06 May 1917-20 May 1917)
Leader of the Assault-Detachment of the I. Battalion of the 208th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (20 May 1917-18 Jul 1917)
Wounded, in Hospital (18 Jul 1917-06 Nov 1917)
Transferred into the 146th Infantry-Regiment (06 Nov 1917-11 Nov 1917)
Leader of the Mortar-Detachment of the I. Battalion of the 146th Infantry-Regiment (11 Nov 1917-01 Jun 1918)
Director and Instructions-Officer of a Training-Course for Turkish Troops (01 Jun 1918-17 Jul 1918)
Taken ill, in Hospital (17 Jul 1918-10 Oct 1918)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 146th Infantry-Regiment (10 Oct 1918-09 Dec 1918)
Taken ill, in Hospital (09 Dec 1918-09 Mar 1919)
Court-Officer of the 146th Infantry-Regiment (09 Mar 1919-16 May 1919)
Taken ill, in Hospital (16 May 1919-15 Jul 1919)
Company-Leader in the 146th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1919-20 Jul 1919)
Company-Leader in the 40th Rifle-Regiment (20 Jul 1919-09 Aug 1919)
Adjutant of Freikorps Napoleon/40th Rifle-Regiment (09 Aug 1919-09 Sep 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 40th Rifle-Regiment (09 Sep 1919-09 Oct 1919)
Company-Leader in the 120th Infantry-Regiment (09 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Detached as Auxiliary-Officer (IIa) with the Staff of the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (20 Feb 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-31 May 1924)
Detached to the II. Course at the Infantry School Munich (21 Sep 1923-30 Nov 1923)
Retired from Army Service because of participation in the March on the Beer-Hall on 09 Nov 1923 (31 May 1924)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Jul 1934)
Hauptmann in the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Kolberg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the 4th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Feb 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1937-14 May 1940)
Commander of the 202nd Infantry-Regiment (14 Mar 1940-15 May 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 294th Infantry-Division (15 May 1942-01 Jun 1942)
While retaining his previous Command, transferred into the F�hrer-Reserve (01 Jun 1942-01 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 294th Infantry-Division (01 Sep 1942-24 Dec 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (24 Dec 1943-01 Apr 1944)
At the same time, Detached to Course for Commanding Generals in D�beritz-Elsgrund (05 Jan 1944-25 Jan 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of VIII. Army-Corps (01 Apr 1944-15 Apr 1944)
Detached to Army-Group North Ukraine to Represent Commanding Generals on Leave (15 Apr 1944-15 Jun 1944)
Temporary-Leader of XIII. Army-Corps (25 Apr 1944-05 Jun 1944)
Temporary-Leader of LVI. Panzer-Corps (15 Jun 1944-15 Jul 1944)
Commanding General of LVI. Panzer-Corps (15 Jul 1944-26 Jan 1945)
Killed-in-Action at the Baranov-Bridgehead near Kielce (26 Jan 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (756): am 22.12.1941 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiments 202
- Eichenlaub (331): am 22.11.1943 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 294. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I: 22.08.1918
- 1914 EK II: 05.07.1916
- Kgl. Bulgar. Tapferkeitsorden IV. Klasse, II. Stufe: 17.11.1916
- T�rkischer Osmani�-Orden IV. Klasse mit S�bel: 08.05.1918
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer: 30.12.1934
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung III. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung II. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Blutorden der NSDAP
- Spange zum EK I: 10.09.1939
- Spange zum EK II: 08.09.1939
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�: 15.01.1943
- Wehrmachtbericht: 06.02.1943
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