Generalmajor Hellmuth Laegeler Born: 22 Jan 1902 in Ulm, Danube (Donau) Died: 13 Jul 1972 in Stuttgart Promotions:
F�hnrich (01 Sep 1923); Oberf�hnrich (01 Sep 1924); Leutnant (01 Dec 1924); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1928); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1934); Major (01 Sep 1939); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1942); Oberst (01 Jan 1943); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1945); Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) (12 Nov 1955) Career:
Entered Army Service (26 Apr 1921)
Fahnenjunker in the 13th Infantry-Regiment (26 Apr 1921-01 Oct 1933)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1935)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) of the 17th Division, Nuremberg (01 Oct 1935-01 May 1936)
Detached to the Army General Staff (01 May 1936-01 Oct 1937)
Transferred into the Army General Staff (01 Oct 1937-01 Sep 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 263rd Infantry-Division (01 Sep 1939-00 Sep 1940)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 76th Infantry-Division (00 Sep 1940-20 Feb 1942)
Tactics Instructor at the War Academy (20 Feb 1942-20 Nov 1942)
Chief of the General Staff of LVII. Panzer-Corps (20 Nov 1942-28 Jul 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of the 2nd Panzer-Army (28 Jul 1944-10 Aug 1944)
Taken ill, F�hrer-Reserve (00 Aug 1944-00 Apr 1945)
Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Replacement Army (00 Apr 1945-11 Apr 1945)
Director of Special-Staff Foreign-Office B (South) (11 Apr 1945-15 May 1945)
Chief of the Demobilisation-Department with the Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht, South (15 May 1945-1945)
In Captivity (1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Entered Bundeswehr Service (12 Nov 1955)
Deputy Director of the Army Department, BVM (12 Nov 1955-21 May 1957)
Commander of the 4th Panzer-Grenadier-Division (21 May 1957-01 Aug 1959)
Commander of the Leadership-Academy of the Bundeswehr (01 Aug 1959-31 Mar 1962)
Retired (31 Mar 1962)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (18 Jun 1943)
Gro�es Bundesverdienstkreuz
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