Schmidt, Martin (Panzer-Regiment 21)
- Date of birth:
- October 31st, 1895 (Lößnitz, Kreis Schwarzenberg im Erzgebirge - Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 19th, 1958 (Stuttgart-Vaihingen - Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Career:
06.08.1914: Fahnenjunker - 12. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177
01.02.1915: Fähnrich
03.1915: Kompanieoffizier - 12. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177
04.06.1915: Leutnant
1917: Führer - MG-Kompanie - 12. Königlich Sächsisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 177
02.1919: Unterrichtsoffizier - litauischen Armee in Kowno
04.1919: Stab - Sächsischen Freiwilligen-Regiment 19 - litauischen Grenzschutz
01.10.1919: Leutnant in the Reichsheer - Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 24
Kompanieoffizier - 10. (Sächs.) Infanterie-Regiment
01.01.1921: Adjutant - I. (Jäger-) Bataillon vom 10. (Sächs.) Inf.-Reg. - Dresden
03.1924: Adjutant - II. Bataillon - 10. (Sächs.) Inf.-Reg. - Bautzen
01.06.1924: 4. Eskadron - 12. (Sächs.) Reiter-Regiment - Großenhain
Summer 1925: promoted to Oberleutnant
1928-1929: Ausbildungs-Eskadron - 12. (Sächs.) Reiter-Regiment - Großenhain
01.04.1930: promoted to Rittmeister
01.02.1931: Chef - Ausbildungs-Eskadron - 12. (Sächs.) Reiter-Regiment - Großenhain
01.04.1934: Kompaniechef - Kraftfahr-Lehr-Kommando
15.10.1935: Chef einer Kompanie - Panzer-Regiment 1
01.12.1935: promoted to Major - Stab Panzer-Regiment 1 - Erfurt
06.10.1936: Kommandeur II. Abteilung Panzer-Regiment 7
01.01.1939: promoted to Oberstleutnant
Summer 1939: engaged with his Abteilung in the campaign in Poland
Beginning 1940: engaged with his Abteilung in the 10. Panzer-Division in France
12.09.1940: Führerreserve
01.10.1940: promoted to Oberst and appointed Kommandeur - Panzer-Regiment 21
Summer 1941: with Panzer-Regiment 21 - 20. Panzer-Division - Eastern Front
20.08.1942: WIA - hospitalized then in the Führerreserve
01.02.1943: Kommandeur - Panzer-Brigade 100
10.07.1943: Höherer Panzerabwehr-Offizier - OB Südwest
01.07.1944: promoted to Generalmajor
01.09.1944: badly ill and sent to Lazarett
12.1944: hospitalized in Tübingen
04.04.1945: Führerreserve
05.1945: POW
1947: wrote during his detention "D-204 Employment of Panzer Units in Central Italy in 1944, and Peculiarities Thereof"
17.06.1947: liberation
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Führer - Panzer-Regiment 21
- Awarded on:
- December 24th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Führer - Panzer-Regiment 21
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1942
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Generalmajor Martin Schmidt - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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