Generalmajor der Reserve Kurt Ritter von Geitner Born: 03 May 1884 in Truppacher Hof, Gemeinde Contwig, District Zweibr�cken Died: 06 Sep 1968 in Munich (M�nchen) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (25 Sep 1902); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1902); F�hnrich (29 Jan 1903); Leutnant (09 Mar 1904); Oberleutnant (07 Mar 1912); Hauptmann (09 Aug 1915); Charakter als Major (21 Jan 1921); Major der Reserve (01 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant der Reserve (01 Nov 1940); Oberst der Reserve (01 Jun 1942); Generalmajor der Reserve (01 Apr 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Jul 1902)
Fahnenjunker in the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Jul 1902-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the War School in Munich (01 Mar 1903-03 Feb 1904)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1906-31 Jul 1907)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1910)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1912)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-1915)
Battery-Chief in the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (1915-13 Sep 1916)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the XV. Reserve-Corps (13 Sep 1916-31 Aug 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the South Army (31 Aug 1917-14 Feb 1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 19th Army (14 Feb 1918-16 Jun 1919)
Retired (16 Jun 1919)
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (01 Oct 1935)
Major der Reserve in the 31st Infantry-Regiment, Plauen (01 Oct 1935-08 Sep 1939)
Called Up from Reserve (08 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 209th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (08 Sep 1939-16 Feb 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) of the Replacement-General-Command of the IV. Army-Corps, Dresden (16 Feb 1940-11 Apr 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) of the Replacement-General-Command of the VIII. Army-Corps, Breslau (11 Apr 1940-25 Oct 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of Special-Purpose-Higher-Command XXXXV (25 Oct 1940-18 Jun 1941)
Chief of the General Staff of Order-Staff Frankfurt, Order (18 Jun 1941-21 Aug 1941)
Chief of the General Staff of the Special-Purpose-General-Staff-Group of Army-Group Centre (21 Aug 1941-16 Feb 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (16 Feb 1942-05 Jul 1942)
Chief of the General Staff of the Commanding General and Commander Serbia (05 Jul 1942-13 Aug 1943)
Chief of the General Staff of the Military-Commander South East (26 Aug 1943-28 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (28 Sep 1944-29 Jan 1945)
Detached to OKW/Wehrmacht-Operations-Staff to the Disposal of the Director of Operations-Group Transportation Order (29 Jan 1945-12 Apr 1945)
Detached to OKW/Wehrmacht-Operations-Staff for Special Use of the Deputy Chief of the Wehrmacht-Operations-Staff, Forward-Command , later OKW-Operations-Staff B in the South (12 Apr 1945-16 Apr 1945)
Representative of OKW for the OKW-Operations-Staff B (16 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity, and Accused of War Crimes during the South-East Process (09 May 1945-19 May 1948)
Acquitted and Released (19 Feb 1948)
Awards & Decorations:
Bayerischen Milit�r-Max-Joseph-Orden verbunden mit dem pers�nlichen Adels und Ritterstand (19 Jun 1916)
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