Hermann Geyer
Appearance
Hermann Geyer | |
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Born | 7 July 1882 Stuttgart |
Died | 10 April 1946 near Wildsee | (aged 63)
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Service/ | Army (Wehrmacht) |
Years of service | 1900–43 |
Rank | General der Infanterie |
Commands | V. Armeekorps IX. Armeekorps |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Hermann Geyer (7 July 1882 – 10 April 1946) was a German general during World War II who commanded the IX Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Geyer retired in 1943 and committed suicide in 1946.
World War I
On January 1, 1918, the German Army published a pamphlet written by Captain Hermann Geyer entitled The Attack in Position Warfare. The pamphlet described infantry infiltration tactics, the role of following supporting forces and the role of aviation. These tactics were used in the German 1918 Spring Offensive or Kaiserschlacht (Kaiser's Battle).[1]
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 June 1940 as General der Infanterie and commander of IX. Armeekorps [2]
References
Citations
- ^ Paschall, Colonel Rod, author, John S. D. Eisenhower ed. and introduction. The Defeat of Imperial Germany 1917-1918. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-306-80585-1. p. 130. Originally published Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin of Chapel Hill, 1989.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 163.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Paschall, Colonel Rod, author, John S. D. Eisenhower ed. and introduction. The Defeat of Imperial Germany 1917-1918. New York: Da Capo Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-306-80585-1. p. 130. Originally published Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin of Chapel Hill, 1989.
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1946 deaths
- Military personnel from Stuttgart
- People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
- Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
- German military personnel of World War I
- Prussian Army personnel
- Knights of the House Order of Hohenzollern
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knights 1st class of the Albert Order
- Recipients of the Silver Liakat Medal
- Officers of the Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria)
- Recipients of the Friedrich-August-Kreuz, 1st class
- German military personnel who committed suicide
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Lieutenant generals of the Reichswehr