Krüger, Karl (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:: September 27th, 1893 (Werther)
Date of death:: October 14th, 1980 (Bielefeld)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
Fähnrich (23 Dec 1915);
Leutnant (11 Jan 1916);
Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1923);
Hauptmann (01 Apr 1928);
Major (01 Feb 1935);
Oberstleutnant (06 Oct 1937);
Oberst (06 Oct 1940);
Generalmajor (01 Jun 1944)

Career:
Entered Army Service (10 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 69th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Aug 1914-12 May 1915)
Transferred into the 130th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (12 May 1915-23 Dec 1915)
Fähnrich in the 130th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (23 Dec 1915-13 Sep 1916)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 130th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (13 Sep 1916-14 Oct 1918)
Transferred to the Infantry-Replacement-Troops of VII. Army-Corps (14 Oct 1918-10 Nov 1918)
Transferred into the 147th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1918-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 39th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Nov 1920)
Transferred into the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1920-01 May 1928)
With the Staff of I. Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1928-01 Oct 1928)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-01 Feb 1934)
Transferred into the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1934-01 Apr 1934)
Company-Chief in the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Stargard (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Instructor at the War-School Potsdam (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 45th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-26 Aug 1939)
Führer-Reserve (26 Aug 1939-15 Aug 1940)
Commander of the 301st Infantry-Regiment (15 Aug 1940-31 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 413th Infantry-Regiment (31 Oct 1940-01 Aug 1942)
Commander of Wehrmacht-Unterführer-Course 1 (01 Aug 1942-15 Nov 1943)
Führer-Reserve (15 Nov 1943-10 Jan 1944)
Commander of Army-Unteroffizier-School Kosten (10 Jan 1944-31 May 1944)
Führer-Reserve (31 May 1944-01 Jun 1944)
Detached to the Inspection of Infantry (01 Jun 1944-01 Dec 1944)
Higher Infantry Officer I (01 Dec 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)