Oldest And Youngest Generals
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Oldest And Youngest Generals
Hello
Can Any One Tell Me Who Was The Oldest And The Youngest ..
Serving/Active German Army General Or Field marshal During WW2. ?????
Did The Oldest Get A Choice To Retire ?
Thank You In Advance
Can Any One Tell Me Who Was The Oldest And The Youngest ..
Serving/Active German Army General Or Field marshal During WW2. ?????
Did The Oldest Get A Choice To Retire ?
Thank You In Advance
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
Adolf Galland became Germany's youngest general at the age of 29 when he was promoted in 1942.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Galland
Kurt Meyer was the youngest German general to command a division. In June 1944, Meyer was 33 when he was appointed commander of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Meyer ... ermeyer%29
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Galland
Kurt Meyer was the youngest German general to command a division. In June 1944, Meyer was 33 when he was appointed commander of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Meyer ... ermeyer%29
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
The youngest: The topic has already been discussed here
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... %C3%A4nger
(try "Advanced research" in the right top of each page of our forum !! )
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
German Generalfeldmarschälle don't retire and are on active duty until they are convoked to the Grand Army! So the oldest was August von Mackensen.
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
Unfortunately this is not correct !!Potsdamerplatz wrote: Kurt Meyer was the youngest German general to command a division. In June 1944, Meyer was 33 when he was appointed commander of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
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Kurt Meyer:
16.06.1944 - 06.09.1944 Kommandeur der 12. SS-Panzerdivision ”Hitlerjugend”
21.06.1943 SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS
06.08.1944 SS-Oberführer der Waffen-SS (with effect from 01.08.1944)
After being captured (06.09.1944) he was promoted to SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS with retroactive effect from 01.09.1944
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
After Field Marshal MACKENSEN the oldest general in WWII, who served really in the army :
Probably Gen.Maj. z.V. MAX ZUNEHMER (1865-1945), holder of the WWI-Pour le merite, who served from October 1940 to April 1942 (76 years old !!!) as Kommandant of Düsseldorf.
Probably Gen.Maj. z.V. MAX ZUNEHMER (1865-1945), holder of the WWI-Pour le merite, who served from October 1940 to April 1942 (76 years old !!!) as Kommandant of Düsseldorf.
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
One Officer that was older than Zunehmer was the former Austrian WWI Feldmarshall Eduard Ritter von Böhm-Ermolli (1856-1941) who was promoted by Hitler to Generalfeldmarschall in 1940 and was made a honorary Chef of the Infanterie-Regiment 28 at the time of his death in 1941 at the age of 85. Eduard Ritter von Böhm-Ermolli was also a holder of the Pour le Mérite. See link...
http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRM ... DUARD.html
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
Adolf Galland was 29 years and 8 months old when made a general in 1942, however Dietrich Peltz was 29 years and 5 months when promoted to Generalmajor in 1943, so he was the youngest general in the Wehrmacht.
Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
According to ABR website Galland was born on 19 March 1912 and promoted to Generalmajor on 1 November 1942 making him 30 years and 7+ months old when he reached that rank. Galland was appointed to the post of General der Jagdflieger on 5 December 1941, but that was a posting, not a rank -- he was an Oberst at the time.
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
MY mistake you are right, so Peltz WAS the youngest general in the Wehrmacht
Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
Can someone tell me
Who Was The Oldest And The Youngest Generalmajor,Generalleutnant,general der..and Generaloberst...(Heer,Luftwaffe,Kriegsmarine and SS)?
Who Was The Oldest And The Youngest Generalmajor,Generalleutnant,general der..and Generaloberst...(Heer,Luftwaffe,Kriegsmarine and SS)?
Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
For ttvon, her is part 1, the youngest Generalmajor, Gen.Lt. ...from the Heer:
Gen.Maj. : ERICH BÄRENFÄNGER, GM 20.04.1945, aged 30 years and 4 months;
Gen.Lt. (after death): HARALD VON HIRSCHFELD, GL after death, died 18.01.45, 32y./6m.;
Gen.Lt. (living): THEODOR TOLSDORFF; GL 16.3.45, 35y./5m.;
Gen.der (Kavallerie): SIEGFRIED WESTPHAL, GdK 1.2.45, 42y./10m.;
Gen.Oberst : KURT ZEITZLER, GO 30.1.44, 48y./7m.;
Gen.Feldmarschall: ERWIN ROMMEL, GFM 22.6.42, 50y./7m.
Luftwaffe will follow.
Please correct me if I am wrong!
greetings, joerg.
Gen.Maj. : ERICH BÄRENFÄNGER, GM 20.04.1945, aged 30 years and 4 months;
Gen.Lt. (after death): HARALD VON HIRSCHFELD, GL after death, died 18.01.45, 32y./6m.;
Gen.Lt. (living): THEODOR TOLSDORFF; GL 16.3.45, 35y./5m.;
Gen.der (Kavallerie): SIEGFRIED WESTPHAL, GdK 1.2.45, 42y./10m.;
Gen.Oberst : KURT ZEITZLER, GO 30.1.44, 48y./7m.;
Gen.Feldmarschall: ERWIN ROMMEL, GFM 22.6.42, 50y./7m.
Luftwaffe will follow.
Please correct me if I am wrong!
greetings, joerg.
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Re: Oldest And Youngest Generals
Youngest generals was Dietrich Peltz not Bärenfanger.
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joerg just answered the follow-up question.is part 1, the youngest Generalmajor, Gen.Lt. ...from the Heer:
Bernd
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Part 2, Luftwaffe youngest generals (here is PELTZ!) :
Gen.Maj. : DIETRICH PELTZ, GM 1.11.43, 29 years/4 months;
Gen.Lt. : ADOLF GALLAND, GL 1.11.44, 32y./8m.;
Gen. der Flieger : WERNER KREIPE, GdF 1.9.44, 40y./5m.;
Gen.Oberst : HANS JESCHONNEK, GO 1.3.42, 42y./ 11m.;
Gen.Feldmarschall : HERMANN GÖRING, 4.2.38, 45y/1m.
Waffen-SS and Marine are not my areas, the oldest generals too. These parts should be create by others.
joerg
Gen.Maj. : DIETRICH PELTZ, GM 1.11.43, 29 years/4 months;
Gen.Lt. : ADOLF GALLAND, GL 1.11.44, 32y./8m.;
Gen. der Flieger : WERNER KREIPE, GdF 1.9.44, 40y./5m.;
Gen.Oberst : HANS JESCHONNEK, GO 1.3.42, 42y./ 11m.;
Gen.Feldmarschall : HERMANN GÖRING, 4.2.38, 45y/1m.
Waffen-SS and Marine are not my areas, the oldest generals too. These parts should be create by others.
joerg