Generalmajor Hans Gravenstein Born: 16 Jul 1890 in Berlin Died: 03 May 1947 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Executed) Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (19 Mar 1908); F�hnrich (19 Nov 1908); Leutnant (19 Aug 1909); Oberleutnant (24 Jul 1915); Hauptmann (15 Jul 1918); Hauptmann (L) (01 May 1934); Hauptmann (E) (05 Mar 1935); Major (E) (01 Sep 1935); Major (01 Jul 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Oberst (01 Mar 1941); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Mar 1908)
F�hnrich in the Guards-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (19 Mar 1908-24 Apr 1916)
Detached to the War School in Engers (31 Oct 1908-24 Jul 1909)
Battery-Leader in the Guards-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (24 Apr 1916-16 Sep 1916)
Adjutant of the General Of Foot-Artillery 27 (16 Sep 1916-19 Feb 1917)
Adjutant of the Artillery-Commander 117 (19 Feb 1917-16 Mar 1918)
Detached for Training as a General-Staff-Officer (16 Mar 1918-19 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the Guards-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (19 Dec 1918-01 May 1919)
Transferred into the 7th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1919-07 Jun 1919)
With the Processing-Office of the Guards-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (07 Jun 1919-24 Feb 1920)
Retired (24 Feb 1920)
Detached for Training as a Territorial-Officer to the Staff of Artillery-Leader III (15 Apr 1934-01 May 1934)
Entered Army Service as a Territorial-Officer (01 May 1934); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jul 1936)
In the Staff of Artillery-Leader III (01 May 1934-01 Aug 1934)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Aug 1934-01 May 1936)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 May 1936-01 Jul 1936)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 59th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Battery-Chief in the 59th Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 70th Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-06 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 225th Artillery-Regiment (06 Feb 1940-27 Sep 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (27 Sep 1942-26 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 252nd Artillery-Regiment (26 Oct 1942-28 May 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (28 May 1943-01 Sep 1943)
Artillery-Commander 415 (01 Sep 1943-20 Oct 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 373rd Croatian Infantry-Division (20 Oct 1944-10 Jan 1945)
Commander of the 373rd Croatian Infantry-Division (10 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Yugoslav Captivity (09 May 1945-03 May 1947)
Sentenced to death by a Yugoslav Court and Executed (03 May 1947)
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