Generalmajor Hugo Dempwolff Born: 18 Sep 1898 in S�derneuland I, District Norden, East Frisia (Ostfriesland) Died: 09 Dec 1984 in Hannover Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (04 Nov 1916); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (24 Jan 1917); F�hnrich (31 Jul 1917); Leutnant (30 Sep 1917); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1926); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1933); Major (01 Aug 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1940); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Jun 1916)
Fahnenjunker in the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 92nd Infantry-Regiment (19 Jun 1916-11 Jul 1916)
Transferred to the 2nd Recruitment-Depot of the 92nd Infantry-Regiment (11 Jul 1916-02 Aug 1916)
Transferred to the 1st Recruitment-Depot of the 92nd Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1916-18 Jul 1917)
Detached to Infantry-Course in Munsterlager (26 Aug 1916-25 Jan 1917)
Detached to Fahnenjunker-Course in D�beritz (09 Feb 1917-29 Jun 1917)
In the Field with the 92nd Infantry-Regiment (18 Jul 1917-04 Oct 1917)
In British Captivity (04 Oct 1917-28 Oct 1919)
Released from British Captivity and Assigned to the Processing-Office of the 92nd Infantry-Regiment (28 Oct 1919-10 Nov 1919)
Transferred into the 20th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1919-15 May 1920)
Retired (15 May 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Feb 1925)
Leutnant in the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1925-01 Aug 1927)
Detached to Course on Light MG in D�beritz (22 Apr 1925-19 May 1925)
Detached to IV. Officer-Weapons-School-Course in Dresden (01 Oct 1926-20 Feb 1927)
Company-Officer in the 4th (MG) Company of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1927-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to Firing-Course for Heavy Infantry-Weapons in D�beritz (19 Sep 1929-19 Oct 1929)
Detached to Signals-Course at the Artillery-School (24 Apr 1930-23 Aug 1930)
Signals-Officer of the I. Battalion of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1931)
Regiments-Signals-Officer of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1934)
Regiments-Adjutant of Infantry-Regiment D�beritz (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 48th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Company-Chief in the 48th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-01 Jan 1938)
Detached to Course for Company-Panzer-Chiefs for Infantry Antitank-Companies in D�beritz (19 Nov 1936-28 Nov 1936)
Adjutant of the 5th Division (01 Jan 1938-15 Jun 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve � Military-District-Command V, Stuttgart (15 Jun 1940-01 Sep 1940)
Adjutant with the General-Command of the V. Army-Corps (01 Sep 1940-21 Jul 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (21 Jul 1942-10 Aug 1942)
At the same time, Detached to the Infantry-School (23 Jul 1942-25 Jul 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 489th Infantry-Regiment (10 Aug 1942-01 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 489th Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1942-01 Jan 1944)
Commander of the 80th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jan 1944-16 Mar 1944)
Severely Wounded, in Hospital then placed on F�hrer-Reserve OKH (16 Mar 1944-20 Nov 1944)
At the same time, Detached to 15th Division-Leaders-Course in Hirschberg (19 Oct 1944-15 Nov 1944)
Detached To the Commander-in-Chief West for use as a Divisional-Leader (20 Nov 1944-18 Dec 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 276th Volksgrenadier-Division (18 Dec 1944-01 Mar 1945)
Commander of the 276th Volksgrenadier-Division (01 Mar 1945-20 Mar 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-23 Apr 1948)
Released (23 Apr 1948)
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