Generalmajor Paul Diesener Born: 27 Apr 1882 in Berlin Died: 22 May 1970 in Hildesheim Promotions:
F�hnrich (22 Nov 1902); Leutnant (18 Aug 1903); Oberleutnant (18 Aug 1911); Hauptmann (08 Nov 1914); Charakter als Major (31 Dec 1920); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (28 Feb 1902)
Fahnenjunker in the 6th Grenadier-Regiment (28 Feb 1902-00 Jun 1908)
Transferred to Security-Troop in German East Africa (00 Jun 1908-22 Nov 1913)
Transferred into the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-15 Oct 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (15 Oct 1914-00 Dec 1914)
Company-Leader in the 264th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (00 Dec 1914-13 Feb 1915)
Taken ill � in Hospital (13 Feb 1915-1916)
Regimental-Commander in the Turkish Army (1916-1917)
Adjutant with the General-Command of the XIV. Army-Corps (1917-1919)
Company-Chief in Freikorps Maercker (1919-31 Dec 1920)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Entered Army Service as a Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1932); Supplemental-Border-Protection-Regimental-Commander in Deutsch-Krone (01 Oct 1932-01 Sep 1934)
Training-Director Deutsch-Krone (01 Sep 1934-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 52nd Border-Protection-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-30 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 75th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (30 Nov 1939-10 Apr 1940)
Commander of the 25th Territorial-Rifle-Regiment (10 Apr 1940-01 Sep 1940)
Commander of Military-District-Command Woldenberg (01 Sep 1940-23 Jun 1941)
Commander of the 693rd Infantry-Regiment (23 Jun 1941-01 Aug 1941)
With the Staff of the German Africa-Corps (DAK) and Commander of the Liaison-Staff with the XXI. Italian Army-Corps (01 Aug 1941-21 May 1942)
Commander of Liaison-Staff with the 2nd Italian Army (21 May 1942-09 Jun 1943)
Commander of Railroad-Security-Section-Staff 5 (09 Jun 1943-27 Oct 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (27 Oct 1944-02 May 1945)
In Captivity (02 May 1945-28 Feb 1946)
Released (28 Feb 1946)
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