General der Fallschirmtruppe Bernhard Ramcke Born: 24 Jan 1889 in Schleswig Died: 04 Jul 1968 in Kappeln, Silesia (Schleisen) Promotions:
Matrose (26 Sep 1907); Obermatrose (01 Jul 1909); Bootsmannsmaat (01 Apr 1912); Oberbootsmannsmaat (19 Jul 1915); Feldwebel (11 Sep 1915); Offiziers-Stellvertreter (05 Dec 1916); Leutnant der Marine-Infanterie (18 Jul 1918); Oberleutnant (15 Jan 1921); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1927); Major (01 Sep 1934); Oberstleutnant (16 Mar 1937); Oberst (29 Feb 1940); Generalmajor (22 Jul 1941); Generalleutnant (21 Dec 1942); General der Fallschirmtruppe (14 Sep 1944) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Ships-Youth on Board the School-Ships �Stosch� and �Moltke� (04 Apr 1905-25 Apr 1907)
With the Ships-Youth-Division (26 Apr 1907-29 Sep 1907)
Matrose with the I. Sailor-Division (30 Sep 1907-08 Dec 1907)
Matrose on Board the Small Cruiser �Medusa� (09 Dec 1907-27 Mar 1908)
Matrose with the I. Sailor-Division (28 Mar 1908-10 May 1908)
Matrose on Board the Heavy Cruiser �Prinz Adalbert� (11 May 1908-30 Sep 1908)
Detached to Ships-Artillery-School in Sonderburg (01 Oct 1908-24 Nov 1908)
Matrose on Board SMS �Undine� (25 Nov 1908-26 Jan 1909)
Matrose on Board the Heavy Cruiser �Prinz Adalbert� (27 Jan 1909-29 Sep 1911)
Obermatrose on Board the Heavy Cruiser �Bl�cher� (30 Sep 1911-02 Jan 1912)
Obermatrose on Board the Liner �Wettin� (03 Jan 1912-04 Apr1 912)
Bootsmannsmaat on Board the Heavy Cruiser �Bl�cher� (05 Apr 1912-27 Sep 1913)
Bootsmannsmaat with the I. Sailor-Division (28 Sep 1913-03 Jun 1914)
Detached to Engineer and Deck Officer School (04 Jun 1914-31 Jul 1914)
Bootsmannsmaat on Board the Heavy Cruiser �Prinz Adalbert� (01 Aug 1914-10 Apr 1915)
Oberbootsmannsmaat with the I. Sailor-Division (11 Apr 1915-10 Sep 1915)
Feldwebel with the II. Sea-Defence-Battalion (11 Sep 1915-16 Sep 1915)
Feldwebel with the Reinforcement-Battalion Br�gge (17 Sep 1915-22 Nov 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 2nd Sailor-Regiment (23 Nov 1915-26 Jan 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (26 Jan 1916-12 Jul 1917)
Detached to the 2nd Sailor-Regiment (13 Jul 1917-16 Jul 1917)
Platoon-Leader in the Assault-Battalion of Naval-Corps Flaunders (17 Jul 1917-26 Oct 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital (27 Oct 1918-31 Dec 1918)
With the 1st Replacement-Sea-Battalion, Kiel (01 Jan 1919-06 Jan 1919)
Company-Leader in Freikorps Von Brandis (07 Jan 1919-03 Apr 1919)
Transferred to Army Service (10 Mar 1919)
Wounded, in Hospital (04 Apr 1919-14 Jul 1919)
Company-Leader in Freikorps von Brandis (15 Jul 1919-10 Nov 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 1st Rifle-Regiment (11 Nov 1919-30 Sep 1920)
Company-Officer in the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-28 Feb 1921)
Technical Leader of the Signals-Service of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1921-31 Jan 1923)
At the same time, Detached to Signals-Course in J�terbog (01 Apr 1921-30 Jun 1921)
Adjutant of the Commander of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Arys (01 Feb 1923-30 Apr 1925)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1925-31 Jan 1927)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1927-30 Sep 1934)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the Infantry-Regiment Allenstein (01 Oct 1934-14 Oct 1935)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-31 Oct 1935)
Instruction-Staff-Officer with Army-Service-Office Breslau � Training of the Silesian Border-Protection-Units (01 Nov 1935-30 Jun 1936)
With the Staff of the 49th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1936-14 Jul 1936)
With the Staff of the Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Gro�-Born (15 Jul 1936-09 Nov 1938)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Zeithain near Riesa (10 Nov 1938-09 Sep 1939)
Detached to the 14th Army and to the XXII. Army-Corps � Planning and Construction of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Mylowitz (10 Sep 1939-02 Oct 1939)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Zeithain near Riesa (03 Oct 1939-10 Jan 1940)
Commander of the 401st Infantry-Regiment (11 Jan 1940-15 Jan 1940)
Commander of the 69th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (16 Jan 1940-18 Jul 1940)
Detached to the Staff of the 7th Flying-Division and also to the Parachute-School III, Braunschweig-Broitzem (19 Jul 1940-10 Aug 1940)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Transferred into the 3rd Paratrooper-Regiment and Detached to Parachute-School III, Braunschweig-Broitzem (11 Aug 1940-22 Aug 1940)
With the Staff of the 1st Paratrooper-Regiment � Delegated with the Formation of heavy Weapons of the Paratroops (23 Aug 1940-31 Dec 1940)
Commander of the Supplemental-Units and Schools of the XI. Flying-Corps (01 Jan 1941-12 Feb 1943)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the 1st Paratrooper-Assault-Regiment and Leader of Group West with the Invasion of the Island of Crete (21 May 1941-18 Jun 1941)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff/Headquarters of the Royal Italian Armed Forces � Training of Parachute-Division �Folgore� (01 Mar 1942-31 Mar 1942)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the 1st Paratrooper-Brigade (Ramcke) (Africa) (01 Apr 1942-12 Feb 1943)
At the same time, Delegated with the Temporary-Leadership of the 90th Light Africa-Division (08 Sep 1942-17 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 2nd Paratrooper-Division (13 Feb 1943-00 Sep 1943)
Taken Ill (00 Sep 1943-16 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 2nd Paratrooper-Division (17 Feb 1944-17 Mar 1944)
Detached back to Germany for the Formation of the new 2nd Paratrooper-Division (17 Mar 1944-05 May 1944)
Commander of the 2nd Paratrooper-Division (06 May 1944-10 Aug 1944)
Commandant of Fortress Brest (11 Aug 1944-20 Sep 1944)
In British Captivity, on December 1946 in French Captivity. On 21 Mar 1951 was condemned to 5 Years Imprisonment by a French Military Court for Alleged War Crimes (21 Sep 1944-23 Jun 1951)
Released Early (23 Jun 1951)
Released (23 Jun 1951)
Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (292): am 21.08.1941 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der Erg�nzungs-Einheiten und Schulen des XI. Flieger-Korps und F�hrer des Fallschirm-J�ger-Luftlande-Sturm-Regiments 1
- Eichenlaub (145): am 13.11.1942 als Generalmajor und F�hrer Luftwaffen-J�ger-Brigade 1
- Schwerter (99): am 19.09.1944 als General der Fallschirmtruppe und Kommandant der Festung Brest
- Brillanten (20): am 19.09.1944 als General der Fallschirmtruppe und Kommandant der Festung Brest
- Kgl. Preuss. Goldenes Milit�r-Verdienst-Kreuz: am 20.04.1918 als Offizier-Stellvertreter und Zugf�hrer in der Sturm-Abteilung des Marine-Korps Flandern
- 1914 EK I: 27: 01.1917
- 1914 EK II: 17.04.1916
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnung I. Klasse: 20.10.1919
- Verwundetenabzeichen in Gold: 03.11.1919
- Baltenkreuz II. Klasse: 05.11.1919
- Baltenkreuz I. Klasse: 05.11.1919
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer: 26.01.1935
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Spange zum EK I: 23.05.1941
- Spange zum EK II: 01.10.1939
- Fallschirmsch�tzen-Abzeichen: 01.08.1940
- Wehrmachtbericht: 09.06.1941; 09.11.1942; 10.09.1942; 10.09.1944; 21.09.1944
- Erdkampfabzeichen der Luftwaffe
- Kgl. Italien. Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille: 00.00.1942
- �rmelband "Kreta"
- �rmelband "Afrika"
- Gemeinsames Flugzeugf�hrer- und Beobachter-Abzeichen in Gold mit Brillanten
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