Generalmajor Hans Helwig Born: 22 Mar 1892 in Guben Died: 19 Jan 1973 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (27 Jun 1911); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (30 Aug 1911); F�hnrich (19 Dec 1911); Leutnant (18 Aug 1912); Oberleutnant (28 Nov 1917); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1926); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Oct 1939); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (08 Apr 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 41st Infantry-Regiment (08 Apr 1911-18 Aug 1912)
Transferred into the 18th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1912-01 Oct 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the MG-Company of the 18th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1914-20 Jul 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital, then transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 18th Infantry-Regiment (20 Jul 1915-10 Sep 1918)
Detached to Fahnenjunker-Courses in D�beritz (11 Nov 1915-20 Nov 1916)
Detached as Assistant to the Rifle Testing Commission (31 Dec 1916-10 Sep 1918)
Adjutant of the Rifle-Testing-Commission (10 Sep 1918-01 Oct 1919)
Detached as Auxiliary-Officer to the Inspection of Weapons and Equipment, RWM (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
While retaining previous command with the RWM, transferred into the Staff of 4th Division (01 Oct 1920-15 Apr 1921)
While retaining previous command with the RWM, transferred into the 17th Infantry-Regiment (15 Apr 1921-01 Oct 1921)
While retaining previous command with the RWM, transferred into the 2nd Infantry-Regiment as Company-Officer (01 Oct 1921-01 Apr 1922)
Service Accession in the Training-Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1922-01 Dec 1923)
Company-Officer in the 3rd (MG) Company of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1923-01 Oct 1924)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of 1st Division (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1925)
Company-Officer in the 6th Company of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Feb 1926)
Chief of the 6th Company of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1926-01 Oct 1932)
Detached to Course for Physical Training in W�nsdorf (14 Feb 1928-03 Mar 1928)
Transferred to the Staff of II. Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-01 Sep 1933)
Transport-Officer with the Staff of the 1st Cavalry-Division (01 Sep 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of Transport-Commander Frankfurt/Oder (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into the Staff of 3rd Division (15 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1938)
Transport-Commandant Frankfurt/Oder (01 Apr 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Transport-Commandant Schwerin (26 Aug 1939-01 Oct 1939)
Transport-Commandant Posen (01 Oct 1939-01 Apr 1940)
Transport-Commandant Hannover (01 Apr 1940-15 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 503rd Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1940-18 Dec 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (18 Dec 1941-02 Apr 1942)
Commander of the 225th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (02 Apr 1942-10 Aug 1943)
Wehrmacht-Commandant Bremen (10 Aug 1943-15 Oct 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Oct 1944-10 Nov 1944)
Field-Commandant 238 (10 Nov 1944-22 Feb 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH & Detached to Army High Command 17 (22 Feb 1945-16 Mar 1945)
Field-Commandant 675 (16 Mar 1945-10 May 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (10 May 1945-06 Oct 1955)
Released (06 Oct 1955)
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