Generalmajor Wolfgang von Holwede Born: 25 Feb 1893 in Rittergut Sagsch�tz, Saxony (Sachsen) Died: 14 Feb 1969 in Hamburg Promotions:
F�hnrich (25 Feb 1912); Leutnant (18 Aug 1913); Oberleutnant (10 May 1922); Hauptmann (01 May 1927); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Jun 1940); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (25 Feb 1912)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as F�hnrich in the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (25 Feb 1912-06 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the 6th Company of the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (06 Aug 1914-22 Aug 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (22 Aug 1914-30 Sep 1914)
Company-Leader in the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (30 Sep 1914-04 Oct 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (04 Oct 1914-13 Aug 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (13 Aug 1915-1916)
Company-Leader in the 11th Grenadier-Regiment (1916-00 Dec 1917)
Taken ill, in Hospital (00 Dec 1917-00 Feb 1918)
Assigned to the Staff of the Chief of Field Railway Matters (00 Feb 1918-02 Dec 1918)
2nd Adjutant of the Prussian War Minister (02 Dec 1918-23 Mar 1919)
Educator at the Cadet-House Potsdam (23 Mar 1919-17 Nov 1919)
Company-Leader in the 16th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (17 Nov 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Company-Officer in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Inspection-Officer at the Infantry School (01 Oct 1923-01 Mar 1924)
Platoon-Leader & Sport-Officer in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1924-01 Oct 1926)
Detached as F�hnrich-Trainer to II. Battalion of the Ship-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of II. Battalion of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-01 Feb 1928)
Company-Chief in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1928-15 Jul 1933)
Officer with Special Duties of the Chief of Army Command (15 Jul 1933-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred to the Staff of 2nd Division (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transport-Officer Hamburg with the Staff of Reichswehr-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transport-Officer with the General-Staff of the General-Command of X. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1935-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 90th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Plenipotentiary Transport-Officer of the 1st Army (26 Aug 1939-19 Jun 1940)
Commander of the 134th Infantry-Regiment (19 Jun 1940-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 448th Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1940-17 Mar 1941)
Commander of the 8th Motorised-Infantry-Division (17 Mar 1941-20 Aug 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve - Military-District-Command III/Hospital (20 Aug 1941-15 Jan 1942)
Commander of the 90th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jan 1942-11 Jul 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH - Hospital (11 Jul 1942-17 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 30th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (17 Oct 1942-15 Aug 1943)
Wehrmacht-Commandant of Erfurt (15 Aug 1943-26 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (26 Sep 1944-25 Nov 1944)
Arrested in Connection with the 20 Jul 1944 Assassination Attempt (25 Nov 1944-25 Apr 1945)
Discharged from the Wehrmacht (31 Dec 1944)
Released by French Troops (25 Apr 1945-03 May 1945)
In French Captivity (03 May 1945-05 Nov 1945)
Released (05 Nov 1945)
In British Captivity (08 Dec 1945-29 Dec 1945)
Released (29 Dec 1945)
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