Generalleutnant Martin Nitzsche Born: 08 Nov 1883 in Ouvinsk, Posen Died: 25 Aug 1944 in Tarbes, South France (KIA) Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (19 Apr 1901); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1903); Oberleutnant zur See (11 May 1905); Kapit�nleutnant (22 Mar 1910); Korvettenkapit�n (29 Oct 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1934); Oberst (01 Aug 1937); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered the Navy and Attended Basic-Training and Sea-Cadet on Board the School-Ship �Charlotte� (07 Apr 1900-31 Mar 1901)
Training at the Naval-School M�rwik and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1901-30 Sep 1902)
On Board the Liner �Kaiser Barbarossa� (01 Oct 1902-15 Dec 1904)
Division-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Ariadne� (16 Dec 1904-22 Sep 1906)
Departed to East Asia (23 Sep 1906-00 Nov 1906)
Company-Officer with the Sailor-Artillery-Battalion Kiautschou, Returned Home from East Asia and Company-Officer with the I. Shipyard-Division (00 Nov 1906-30 Sep 1908)
Division-Officer on the Liner �Kaiser Karl der Gro�e� (01 Oct 1908-18 Sep 1909)
Division-Officer on the Liner �Braunschweig� (19 Sep 1909-30 Sep 1910)
Watch-Officer on the Small Cruiser �Hela� (01 Oct 1910-31 Mar 1911)
Company-Officer with the I. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (01 Apr 1911-31 Mar 1913)
Company-Officer with the V. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion (01 Apr 1913-00 Jun 1915)
With the Special-Command in Turkey as Commandant of Forts Anatoli Hamichie, Dardanelle then Chief Of Staff of the Commandant of The Dardanelle then as 2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer with the High Command of the Straights (00 Jun 1915-00 Apr 1917)
Submarine-Training (00 Apr 1917-00 Aug 1917)
Watch-Officer on �U 62� (00 Aug 1917-00 Oct 1917)
Construction-Indoctrination �U 108� (00 Oct 1917-04 Dec 1917)
Commandant of �U 108� (05 Dec 1917-00 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Submarine-Affairs the Granted Leave (00 Dec 1918-22 Nov 1919)
Retired (22 Nov 1919)
Entered the Luftwaffe as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Jan 1941) and Flight-Security-Advisor in the RLM (01 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1938)
Signals-Department-Leader with the Flight-Security-Office Potsdam (01 Apr 1938-31 May 1938)
Leader of the Flight-Security-School Potsdam-Eiche (01 Jun 1938-31 Aug 1939)
Commander of the Luftwaffe-Experiments-Regiment K�then (01 Sep 1939-02 Sep 1940)
Leader of Flight-Security in Vichy France, Vichy (02 Sep 1940-14 Nov 1942)
Higher Signals Leader with the Military-Commander in Army-Area South-France (15 Nov 1942-01 Oct 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKL (01 Oct 1943-31 Oct 1943)
Retired (31 Oct 1943)
Armaments-Representative and Military Director of the Immigrant Work Camp of the Firm Henschel in Tarbes, South Of France (00 Apr 1944-25 Aug 1944)
Killed-in-Action (25 Aug 1944)
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