General der Infanterie Friedrich Hossbach Born: 21 Nov 1894 in Unna, Westphalia (Westfalen) Died: 10 Sep 1980 in G�ttingen Promotions:
F�hnrich (29 Oct 1913); Leutnant (19 Jun 1914); Oberleutnant (20 Sep 1918); Hauptmann (01 Mar 1927); Major (01 Mar 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1935); Oberst (01 Mar 1937); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1942); Generalleutnant (15 May 1943); General der Infanterie (01 Nov 1943) Career:
Head-Cadet-Institute Gro�-Lichterfelde (1905-1913)
Entered Army Service (29 Oct 1913)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as F�hnrich in the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (29 Oct 1913-01 Nov 1914)
Adjutant of III. Battalion of the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1914-15 Sep 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 419th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1916-02 Mar 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Command of XVIII. Army-Corps (02 Mar 1918-12 Nov 1918)
Transferred back into the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (12 Nov 1918-14 Nov 1918)
Temporary Leader of III. Battalion of the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (14 Nov 1918-28 Nov 1918)
Leader of 9th Company of the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (28 Nov 1918-18 Feb 1919)
Delegated with the Formation of Border-Protection-Company Ho�bach (18 Feb 1919-10 Apr 1919)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of II. Battalion of the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (05 Mar 1919-10 Apr 1919)
Leader of 9th Company of the Hessisch-Th�ringischen-Waldeck'schen Freikorps (10 Apr 1919-06 Oct 1919)
Leader of 1st Company of the 20th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1919-23 Nov 1919)
Leader of the Signals-Platoon of I. Battalion of the 20th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (23 Nov 1919-17 Dec 1919)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 20th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (17 Dec 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 17th Infantry-Regiment, G�ttingen (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1924)
Transferred, with unchanged Service Use, into the 15th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred into 7th Company of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Mar 1927)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the Training-Battalion of the 17th Infantry-Regiment, Celle (01 Mar 1927-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred into the Army Statistical-Department T 3, RWM (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1928)
Detached to Group-Command 2 (01 Jun 1928-30 Jun 1928)
Detached to the 5th Mounted-Regiment (01 Aug 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Advisor in the RWM (01 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1931)
Chief of 5th Company of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Jul 1933)
Operations-Staff-Officer in the RWM to the Formation of the RLM (01 Jul 1933-01 Apr 1934)
Chief of the Personnel-Group in the Troop-Office, RWM (01 Apr 1934-01 Jul 1935)
At the same time, Adjutant of the Army with the F�hrer and Reichs Chancellor (04 Aug 1934-29 Jan 1938)
Chief of the Central-Department in the Army General Staff, 10th Department (01 Jul 1935-15 Sep 1938)
Commander of the 82nd Infantry-Regiment, G�ttingen (15 Sep 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of XXX. Army-Corps (26 Aug 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of II. Army-Corps (30 Sep 1939-01 Dec 1939)
Commander of the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1939-24 Feb 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 31st Infantry-Division (20 Jan 1942-24 Jan 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (24 Feb 1942-01 Apr 1942)
Commander of the 82nd Infantry-Division (01 Apr 1942-06 Jul 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Sep 1942-15 May 1943)
Commander of the 31st Infantry-Division (15 May 1943-02 Aug 1943)
Delegated with the Temporary Leadership of LVI. Panzer-Corps (02 Aug 1943-10 Aug 1943)
Commanding General of LVI. Panzer-Corps (10 Aug 1943-15 Nov 1943)
Sick Leave (15 Nov 1943-10 Dec 1943)
Commanding General of LVI. Panzer-Corps (10 Dec 1943-15 Jul 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Jul 1944-20 Jul 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 4th Army (20 Jul 1944-29 Jan 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (29 Jan 1945-08 Apr 1945)
While getting treatment in a University Clinic for an ear infaction, Hossbach Successfully resisted an Arrest Attempt with his Pistol in hand (a pistol duel ensued) in G�ttingen, where the NSDAP-District-Director, through a Volkssturmf�hrer, ordered his arrest for ordering an unauthorised breakout of his army from East Prussia. He then surrendered to American Troops (08 Apr 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
*On the 05 Nov 1937 Hitler met with his Ministers and Senior Wehrmacht Commanders (von Neurath, G�ring, Raeder, von Fritsch & von Blomberg) and expounded his plans for the expansion of the German empire. Oberst Friedrich Hossbach was present at this meeting (as Adjutant of the Army with the F�hrer) and took notes which he later wrote up. These notes became known as the 'Hossbach Memorandum'. And became significant evidence in the Nuremberg Trials.
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (227): am 07.10.1940 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiment 82
- Eichenlaub (298): am 11.09.1943 als Generalleutnant und F�hrer des LVI. Panzerkorps
- 1914 EK I: 26.05.1916
- 1914 EK II: 26.09.1914
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK II: 11.05.1940
- Spange zum EK I: 30.05.1940
- Nennung im Ehrenblatt des Heeres (77): am 22.07.1941 und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiment 82
- Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942"
- Wehrmachtbericht: 18.10.1943; 06.04.1944; 31.10.1944
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