Hansen, Erik Oskar (General der Kavallerie)
- Date of birth:
- May 27th, 1889 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 20th, 1967 (Hamburg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
1934: Oberst;
1937: Generalmajor;
1939: Generalleutnant;
1940: General der Kavallerie.
Career:
October 1st, 1907: Adjutant/Rittmeister, Dragoner-Regiment „König Karl I. von Rumänien" (1. Hannoversches) Nr. 9;
August 19th, 1909: awarded the Rumänisches Jubilaümsmedaille Karl I
?: 1. Kavallerie-Division;
?: Lehrer, Kavallerieschule, Hannover;
1931: Ersten Generalstabsoffizier (Ia), 1. Division;
1938: Kommandeur, 4. Infanterie-Division;
October 1940: Chef der Deutschen Militärmission in Rumänien;
?: Kommandierender General, LIV. Armeekorps;
January 20th, 1943: Chef der Deutschen Militärmission in Rumänien;
August 26th, 1944 - October 10th, 1955: Soviet POW.
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Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Knight
- Awarded on:
- August 4th, 1914
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1914
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 18th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- January 27th, 1917
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
Magyar Érdemrend Középkeresztje a Csillaggal
- Awarded on:
- December 14th, 1938
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General, LIV. Armeekorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- August 22nd, 1941
Royal Decree No. 2355 bis, dated 22nd August 1941.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Kavallerie (Lieutenant-General of Cavalry)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General, LIV. Armeekorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 24th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Kavallerie (Lieutenant-General of Cavalry)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General, LIV. Armeekorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2006-0218 (CC Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 3.0)
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- HILDEBRAND, K.F. & BROCKMANN, M., Die Generale des Heeres 1921–1945. Band 5, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, 1999.
- MITCHAM, S.W., The Panzer Legions, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, 2006.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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