General der Infanterie Martin Grase Born: 03 May 1891 in Schlochau, West Prussia (Westpreu�en) Died: 04 Aug 1963 in Freiburg, Breisgau Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (24 Mar 1909); F�hnrich (21 Dec 1909); Leutnant (20 Aug 1910); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1916); Hauptmann (02 May 1922); Major (01 Jan 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1935); Oberst (01 Feb 1938); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1943); General der Infanterie (08 Dec 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (24 Mar 1909)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as F�hnrich in the 4th Grenadier-Regiment (24 Mar 1909-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the War School in Anklam (16 Oct 1909-09 Jul 1910)
Assigned to the MG-Company of the 4th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
In the Field as Platoon-Leader in the MG-Company of the 4th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-01 Dec 1914)
Leader of the MG-Company of the 4th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Dec 1914-29 Mar 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (29 Mar 1915-04 Jun 1915)
Leader of the 19th Fortress-MG-Detachment (04 Jun 1915-20 Aug 1915)
Leader of the MG-Company of the 374th Infantry-Regiment (20 Aug 1915-17 Jun 1916)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 374th Infantry-Regiment (17 Sep 1916-03 Feb 1918)
Detached to 1st Course at the Battle School Wilna (01 Nov 1916-14 Nov 1916)
Detached to Course with the 5th Assault-Battalion of the 5th Army (30 Jan 1917-12 Feb 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the 16th Landwehr-Division (03 Feb 1918-01 Apr 1918)
1st Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 16th Landwehr-Division (01 Apr 1918-11 Oct 1918)
At the same time, Also Battery-Leader in the 1st Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1918-22 Aug 1918)
Adjutant of the 16th Landwehr-Division (11 Oct 1918-18 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the 4th Grenadier-Regiment (18 Dec 1918-13 Jan 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Command of the I. Army-Corps (13 Jan 1919-01 Jun 1919)
Company-Leader with the I. Volunteer-Battalion of the 4th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jun 1919-22 Oct 1919)
Adjutant of Infantry-Leader I (22 Oct 1919-16 May 1920)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Infantry 1 (16 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Adjutant of the Training-Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-25 Jan 1923)
Chief of the 15th Company of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (25 Jan 1923-01 Nov 1924)
Detached to Mortar-Course with the Mortar-Company of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (20 Mar 1924-09 Apr 1923)
Chief of the 13th (Mortar) Company of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1924-01 Jan 1929)
Detached to Mortar-Course in J�terbog (30 Mar 1925-09 May 1925)
Transferred to the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Jan 1929-01 Apr 1929)
Transferred to the 3rd Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1929-01 Mar 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Mar 1930-01 Apr 1932)
Transferred to the Staff of the Command-Office Berlin (01 Apr 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred to Military-Region-Administration Berlin (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Command-Office Berlin (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the III. (J�ger) Battalion of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Detached to Staff-Officer-Course in Liegnitz (06 Jan 1936-11 Jan 1936)
1st Adjutant with the General-Command of the I. Army-Corps (06 Oct 1936-22 Aug 1939)
Adjutant with Army High command 16 (22 Aug 1939-03 Oct 1939)
Adjutant with the Commander of Border-Protection-Section-Command North (03 Oct 1939-22 Oct 1939)
Adjutant with Army High Command 16 (22 Oct 1939-01 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1940-13 Jan 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (13 Jan 1942-16 Jan 1942)
Commander of the 1st Infantry-Division (16 Jan 1942-01 Jul 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Jul 1943-15 Aug 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of I. Army-Corps (15 Aug 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Commanding General of I. Army-Corps (01 Nov 1943-01 Jan 1944)
Commanding General of XXVI. Army-Corps (01 Jan 1944-16 Feb 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (16 Feb 1944-18 Jul 1944)
Wehrmacht-Commander Belgium-North France (18 Jul 1944-16 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Sep 1944-20 Sep 1944)
Commander of Feldj�ger-Command III(20 Sep 1944-13 Mar 1945)
General Of Wehrmacht-Order-Troops (13 Mar 1945-08 Aug 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-20 Jul 1947)
Released (20 Jul 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (592): am 18.10.1941 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiment 1
- Eichenlaub (248): am 23.05.1943 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 1. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I: 06.12.1916
- 1914 EK II: 28.09.1914
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II: 24.09.1939
- Spange zum EK I: 05.07.1940
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