Wangenheim, Freiherr von, Eberhard

Date of birth:: January 12th, 1880 (Potsdam/Brandenburg, Germany)
Date of death:: January 25th, 1947 (POW-camp Sachsenhausen/Brandenburg, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Nov 1898);
Leutnant (18 Aug 1899);
Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909);
Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913);
Major (18 Apr 1918);
Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1936);
Oberst (01 Jan 1939);
Generalmajor (01 Nov 1940)

Career:
Entered the Army (30 Mar 1898)
Fahnenjunker, Platoon-Leader and Court-Officer in the 1st Kaiser-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment, Detached to War-School Kassel and Detached to the Military-Riding-Institute, Berlin (30 Mar 1898-31 Dec 1904)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 1st Kaiser-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jan 1905-30 Jun 1907)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Kaiser-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jul 1907-31 Mar 1911)
Detached to the 3rd Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1911-31 Mar 1912)
Company-Leader in the 1st Kaiser-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (01 Apr 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Company-Chief in the 1st Kaiser-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of the 38th Reserve-Infantry-Brigade and at the same time Temporarily Delegated with the Leadership of the I. Battalion of the 77th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-04 Aug 1916)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the Staff of the XV. Reserve-Corps (05 Aug 1916-06 Sep 1916)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of the V. Army-Corps (07 Sep 1916-30 Jun 1917)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 9th Reserve-Division (01 Jul 1917-18 Feb 1918)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 22nd Infantry-Division (19 Feb 1918-24 Nov 1918)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the XX. Army-Corps, Allenstein (25 Nov 1918-31 Jan 1919)
Commander of the Replacement-Battalion of the 1st Kaiser-Alexander-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (01 Feb 1919-31 Mar 1919)
Commander of the Guards-Grenadier-Replacement-Battalion (01 Apr 1919-30 Apr 1919)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 51st Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1919-09 Sep 1919)
With the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (10 Sep 1919-15 May 1920)
Retired (15 May 1920)
Instructor at the Turkish War Academy in Istanbul (01 Sep 1925-31 Aug 1927)
Studies at the Berlin University (01 Oct 1927-01 Dec 1928)
Military Advisor and Supervisor of the Formation of an Instruction-Division of the Chinese Army in Nanking (06 Dec 1928-00 Dec 1929)
Instructor at the Chinese War Academy in Peking then Nanking (00 Dec 1929-30 Jun 1935)
Luftwaffe Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (24 Apr 1936); Supplemental-Officer (01 Sep 1936); Active-Officer (01 Nov 1940)
With the Staff of Air-District-Command II, Berlin (24 Apr 1936-30 Jun 1937)
Quartermaster with the Staff of Air-District-Command IV, Münster (01 Jul 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Quartermaster with the Staff of Air-Region-Command VI, Münster (01 Jul 1938-30 Nov 1942)
Retired (30 Nov 1942)
Placed to Disposal (01 Dec 1942)
Placed to Disposal of Air-Region-Command VI (01 Dec 1942-31 May 1943)
Freelancer of the War History Research Institute of the Army (12 May 1944-00 Feb 1945)
Aide and Supervisor with the Formation of the Volkssturm in Potsdam (00 Feb 1945-00 Apr 1945)
In Soviet Captivity (25 Oct 1945-25 Jan 1947)
Died in Soviet Captivity (25 Jan 1947)