Kretzschmar, Wolfgang Hans (Jäger-Regiment 24)
- Date of birth:
- July 2nd, 1907 (Allenstein/Eastern Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 27th, 1944 (Saldus, Latvia)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Frauenburg / Saldus
Plot: U1. Row: 16. Grave: 471. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
00.00.1926: Einjährig-Freiwilliger
00.00.1923: Fahnenjunker
00.00.1931: Leutnant
00.00.1935: Oberleutnant
00.00.1939: Hauptmann
00.01.1942: Major
01.02.1944: Oberstleutnant
01.08.1944: Oberst
Career:
1926: Infanterie-Regiment 3;
?: Stab, Infanterie-Regiment 45;
1936: Ausbildungsoffizier, Infanterieschule Döberitz;
? - 1938: Stabsoffiziersausbildung, Kriegsakademie;
?: Stab, X. Armeekorps;
February 18th, 1940: Bataillonskommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 506;
January 1941: Lehrgangsleiter/Taktikausblider, Infanterieschule;
June 16th, 1942 - August 1942: Kommandant, Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 540;
winter 1942 - July 21st, 1943: Kommandant, Grenadier-Bataillon z.b.V. 540;
December 1943: Kommandeur, Jäger-Regiment 24(L);
November 1944 - 27 decemb er 1944: stellvertretender Führer, 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division;
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kdr., Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 560, Heerestruppe
- Awarded on:
- March 17th, 1943
1607th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Bataillon 540 z.b.V, Heer
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1943
“Major Kretzschmar held an important hill (of decisive importance for the entire sector) south of Lake Ladoga in the face of persistent assaults by massed enemy forces.”
This action took place at the end of January / start of February 1943. In this time Kretzschmar particularly distinguished himself in the aftermath of a Soviet penetration at the boundary with his left neighbour. Kretzschmar assembled a response force with troops from his right wing and personally led his handful of men in a counterattack which restored the situation.
1799th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- July 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Jäger-Regiment 24(L), 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division, Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1944
600th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Jäger-Regiment 24(L), 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- January 12th, 1945
121st Award.
Awarded posthumously.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo 2:
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Infanterie-Bataillon 540 z.b.V. - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Kretschmar
- Wolfgang Hans Kretzschmar | Gräbersuche-Online
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