Generalmajor Curt-Ulrich von Gersdorff Born: 17 Dec 1902 in Berleburg, District Wittgenstein Died: 02 Jul 1968 in Hameln Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (20 Jul 1923); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Mar 1924); F�hnrich (01 Oct 1924); Oberf�hnrich (31 Jul 1925); Leutnant (01 Dec 1925); Oberleutnant (01 Sep 1928); Rittmeister (01 Oct 1934); umbenannt in Hauptmann (15 Oct 1935); Major (01 Jun 1940); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1942); Oberst (01 Jan 1943); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Apr 1922)
Volunteer in the 11th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1922-01 Nov 1928)
Detached to Officer-Aspirant-Testing at the Cavalry-School in Hannover (29 Jun 1923-05 Jul 1923)
Appointed Offiziers-Anw�rter (20 Jul 1923)
Detached to 1st Course at the Infantry-School (21 Sep 1923-11 Nov 1923)
Detached for Continuation of the 1st Course at the Infantry-School, D�beritz (01 May 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Detached to Cavalry-School, Hannover (01 Nov 1924-30 Aug 1925)
Detached to Course on Light MG in Neuhammer (20 Sep 1926-15 Oct 1928)
Detached to Course on Heavy MG in K�nigsbr�ck (15 Oct 1928-30 Nov 1928)
Welfare-Officer for the Location Leobsch�tz (01 Nov 1928-01 Sep 1930)
Detached to Signals-Course at the Artillery-School, J�terbog (24 Apr 1930-23 Aug 1930)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 11th Mounted-Regiment (01 Sep 1930-01 Jul 1933)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 11th Mounted-Regiment (01 Jul 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Regiments-Adjutant of Mounted-Regiment Gera (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Rifle-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-15 May 1936)
Chief of the 1st Company of the 1st Rifle-Regiment (15 May 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Detached for Service with the Staff of the 1st Rifle-Brigade (26 May 1937-02 Jun 1937)
Adjutant of the 1st Rifle-Brigade (12 Oct 1937-01 Nov 1939)
Detached as Intelligence-Officer in the General-Staff of the XVI. Army-Corps (01 Nov 1939-15 Oct 1940)
Transferred into the Army General Staff while retaining previous Command (15 Oct 1940-25 Oct 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 20th Panzer-Division (25 Oct 1940-11 Aug 1941)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Army-Group North (11 Aug 1941-13 Oct 1942)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 32nd Infantry-Division (13 Oct 1942-01 Jul 1943)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Army-Group North (01 Jul 1943-30 Oct 1944)
Chief Of The General Staff of the 16th Army (30 Oct 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (09 May 1945-00 Dec 1949)
Convicted to 25 Years Imprisonment because of alleged war crimes (00 Dec 1949-06 Oct 1955)
Released (06 Oct 1955)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (10 Aug 1944)
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