General der Infanterie Erich Buschenhagen Born: 08 Dec 1895 in Strasbourg (Stra�burg), Alsace (Elsa�) Died: 13 Sep 1994 in Kronberg Promotions:
F�hnrich (26 Oct 1914); Leutnant (27 Jan 1915); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1918); Rittmeister/Hauptmann (01 Dec 1925); Major (01 Apr 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1935); Oberst (01 Mar 1938); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1941); Generalleutnant (10 Jul 1943); General der Infanterie (20 Feb 1944) Commands - Assignments
Entered Army Service (09 Mar 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Telegraph-Battalion (09 Mar 1914-03 Aug 1914)
Telegraph-Officer with the Telephone-Battalion of the VIII. Reserve-Corps (03 Aug 1914-01 Nov 1914)
Leader of the Telephone-Company of the 16th Reserve-Division (01 Nov 1914-15 Jan 1915)
Detached to Radio-Station 33 in the XXXX. Reserve-Corps (01 Mar 1915-09 Mar 1915)
Detached to Motorised-Technicians Training with the Telegraph-Replacement-Inspection, Berlin (09 Mar 1915-01 Jun 1915)
Station-Officer of the Radio-Station 33 in the XXXX. Reserve-Corps (01 Jun 1915-27 Jan 1916)
Leader of Radio-Station 33 in the XXXX. Reserve-Corps (27 Jan 1916-08 Jun 1916)
Detached to the Decoding-Office of the Motorised-Radio-Station of the Grand Headquarters (08 Jun 1916-26 Oct 1916)
Leader of the Radio-Battalion 20 (26 Oct 1916-14 Dec 1916)
Radio-Telegraph-Officer of Group B in the Guards-Reserve-Corps (14 Dec 1916-15 Feb 1917)
Adjutant of the Army-Radio-Commander 1 (15 Feb 1917-10 Mar 1917)
Detached to the Army-Radio-Commander 7 (10 Mar 1917-22 Mar 1917)
Commander of the Divisions-Radio-Battalion 91 (22 Mar 1917-15 Nov 1917)
Leader of the Fortress-Radio-Station Charleville (15 Nov 1917-28 Nov 1917)
Detached to the Chief of Signals-Affairs A (28 Nov 1917-03 Dec 1917)
German Liaison-Officer of the Chief of Signals-Affairs with the Royal and Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army-Group-Command Conrad von H�tzendorff (03 Dec 1917-20 Jul 1918)
German Liaison-Officer of the Chief of Signals-Affairs with the Royal and Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army-Group-Command Erzherzog Joseph (20 Jul 1918-30 Oct 1918)
Transferred to the Staff of the Chief of the Signals-Affairs (30 Oct 1918-20 Nov 1918)
Director of the Coding-Department at the Interpreter-School in Berlin (20 Nov 1918-10 Mar 1919)
Leader of the Analysis-Department of the Supreme Army Command (10 Mar 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the Signals-School and Detached to the RWM/T1 as Director of the Coding-Office (01 Oct 1919-16 May 1920)
Transferred into the 4th Signals-Battalion, while retaining his position in the RWM (16 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred to the 3rd Signals-Battalion, while retaining his position in the RWM (01 Oct 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Assigned to the Statistical-Department (T3) in the RWM (30 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred to the 14th Mounted-Regiment, Detached to the Army-Peace-Commission with Department T3 � Coding-Office (01 Oct 1921-11 Oct 1925)
Command in the RWM lifted (10 Oct 1925)
Detached to the 3rd Signals-Battalion (11 Oct 1925-01 Feb 1926)
Detached to the Artillery-School (11 Oct 1925-12 Dec 1925)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Signals-Battalion (01 Feb 1926-01 Oct 1928)
Advisor in the RWM/T4 (01 Oct 1928-01 Dec 1932)
Transferred to the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Dec 1932-01 Jun 1934)
Detached to the RWM/T4 (01 Jun 1934-01 Aug 1934)
Advisor in the RWM (01 Aug 1934-21 May 1935)
Advisor in the RWM (21 May 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Advosor in the Army General Staff, 4th Department (01 Jul 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of Signals-Troop III (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Transferred to the Staff of the 67th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-01 Mar 1938)
Commander of the 5th Motorised-Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1938-10 Aug 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of XXI. Army-Corps (10 Aug 1939-01 Apr 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of Army-Group XXI (01 Apr 1940-19 Dec 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of Army High Command Norway (19 Dec 1940-15 Apr 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Apr 1942-18 Jun 1942)
Commander of the 15th Infantry-Division (18 Jun 1942-20 Nov 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of LII. Army-Corps (20 Nov 1943-01 Jan 1944)
Commanding General of LII. Army-Corps (01 Jan 1944-04 Sep 1944)
In Soviet captivity (04 Sep 1944-10 Oct 1955)
Released (10 Oct 1955)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (2398): am 05.12.1943 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur 15. Infanterie-Division
- Eichenlaub (521): am 04.07.1944 als General der Infanterie und Kommandierender General des LII. Armee-Korps
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (146/26: am 19.07.1942 als Generalmajor und Chef des Generalstabs A.O.K. Norwegen)
- 1914 EK I: 07.10.1917
- 1914 EK II: 22.11.1914
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration: 16.06.1918
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. M�rz 1938
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange �Prager Burg�
- Komturkreuz II. Klasse des Kgl. Schwedischen Schwerterordens: 06.12.1938
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse: 09.03.1939
- Spange zum EK I : 26.09.1939
- Spange zum EK II : 17.09.1939
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz I. Klasse mit Schwerterm: 26.10.1941
- im Wehrmachtbericht genannt: 12.05.1944
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