Tettau, von, Hans
- Date of birth:
- November 30th, 1888 (Bautzen/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 30th, 1956 (Mönchengladbach/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
1st May 1934: Oberstleutnant;
1st April 1936: Oberst;
1st March 1940: Generalmajor;
1st March 1942: Generalleutnant;
16th March 1945: General der Infanterie.
Career:
15th October 1935: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 101;
14th June 1940: Kommandeur 24.Infanterie-Division;
14th February 1943: Führerreserve;
1st September 1943: Ausbildungsleiter / Führer Ausbildungsstabes z.b.V. in den Niederlanden;
16th March 1944: Leiter des Führungs- und Ausbildungsstab in die Niederlanden;
4th September 1944: Kommandeur “Division Tettau“ (Stab von Tettau);
5th September 1944: Kommandeur 182. Feldausbildungsdivision (did not become opearational);
3rd November 1944: Kommandeur Divisionskommandos z.b.V. 604;
14th November 1944: Kommandeur Division z.b.V. 604;
4th February 1945: Kommandierender General des Generalkommandos Tettau (Führer der Korpsgruppe Tettau);
16th March 1945: Führerreserve;
10th April 1945: Kommandierender General stellv. Generalkommandos des IV. Armeekorps, Befehlshaber im Wehrkreis IV, Dresden (did not becoma operational);
8th May 1945: Prisoner of War;
1947: released.
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 18th September 1914.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 18th September 1915.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 24.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- May 5th, 1942
Award 113/13.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 24.Infanterie-Division / LIV.Armee-Korps / 11.Armee / Heeresgruppe B
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1942
1124th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant
- Unit:
- Führer der Korpsgruppe von Tettau / 3.Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Weichsel
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1945
821st Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Grand Officer
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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