General der Nachrichtentruppe Erich Fellgiebel Born: 04 Oct 1886 in Poepelwitz, District Breslau Died: 04 Sep 1944 in Berlin-Pl�tzensee (Hanged) Promotions:
F�hnrich (21 May 1906); Leutnant (27 Jan 1907); Oberleutnant (04 Jul 1914); Hauptmann (18 Aug 1915); Major (01 Apr 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1933); Oberst (01 Feb 1935); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1940); General der Nachrichtentruppe (01 Aug 1940) Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Sep 1905)
Fahnenjunker in the 2nd Telegraph-Battalion (19 Sep 1905-01 Oct 1909)
Detached to the 128th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1909-01 Oct 1912)
Instructor at the Cavalry-Telegraph-School, Spandau-Ruhleben, at the same time attending Studies at the Technical College in Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1913-04 Aug 1914)
Leader of the Light Radio Station 10 (4th Cavalry-Division) (04 Aug 1914-29 Dec 1914)
Transferred to the General-Government Belgium (29 Dec 1914-06 Jan 1915)
Radio-Commander 9, Lodz (06 Jan 1915-15 Feb 1915)
Leader of the Heavy Radio Station 20 (15 Feb 1915-30 Dec 1915)
Transferred to the Replacement-Troop-Section Radio-Company 1 (30 Dec 1915-14 Feb 1916)
Adjutant of the Staff-Officer of Telegraph-Troops of Army Mackensen (14 Feb 1916-06 Nov 1916)
Staff-Officer of Radio-Troops of Army Mackensen (06 Nov 1916-31 Mar 1917)
Army-Radio-Commander of the 7th Army (31 Mar 1917-26 Sep 1917)
Detached to the 398th Infantry-Regiment then to the 56th Field-Artillery-Regiment (26 Sep 1917-25 Jan 1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 6th Infantry-Division (25 Jan 1918-09 Aug 1918)
Officer of the Army (09 Aug 1918-17 Jan 1919)
Transferred to the General-Command of the Guards-Corps (17 Jan 1919-09 Feb 1919)
Transferred into the Prussian War Ministry (09 Feb 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the RWM, Advisor in the Troop-Office, T4 (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1923)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Signals-Battalion (01 Oct 1923-01 Feb 1926)
Hauptmann with the Staff and Welfare-Officer of the 2nd Signals-Battalion (01 Feb 1926-01 Oct 1926)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1928)
Director of the Coding-Office in the RWM (01 Oct 1928-01 Feb 1931)
Commander of the 2nd Signals-Battalion (01 Feb 1931-01 Oct 1932)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection Of Signals Troops (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Inspector Of Signals Troops (01 Oct 1934-26 Aug 1939)
At the same time, Inspector of Wehrmacht Communications (12 Oct 1937-26 Aug 1939)
Chief of Army Signals Affairs and Chief Of Wehrmacht-Communications, OKW (26 Aug 1939-20 Jul 1944)
At the same time, General-Plenipotentiary for Technical Means Of Communication (01 Oct 1940-20 Jul 1944)
Arrested because of his participation in the Hitler Bomb Plot of 20 Jul 1944 and imprisoned (20 Jul 1944-10 Aug 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve (21 Jul 1944-04 Aug 1944)
Dishonourably Discharged from the German Army and Wehrmacht (04 Aug 1944)
Condemned to Death by the Peoples Court (10 Aug 1944-04 Sep 1944)
Hanged (04 Sep 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Offizierkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Milit�r-Verdienstordens
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz I. Klasse mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern: 25.03.1942
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