Walter Wittke

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Birth name Walter Ernst Wittke
Birth date 26 September 1887(1887-09-26)
Place of birth Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date 20 July 1955 (aged 67)
Place of death ???
Allegiance File:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).png Weimar Republic
File:Flag of the NSDAP (1920–1945).svg National Socialist Germany
Service/branch File:War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
File:Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
File:Freikorps Flag.jpg Freikorps
File:War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Vorläufige Reichswehr
File:Polizei in der Weimarer Republik.jpg Police
File:Balkenkreuz.jpg Heer
Years of service 1907–1943
Rank Generalleutnant
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Iron Cross, German Cross in Gold

Walter Ernst Wittke (26 September 1887 – 20 July 1955) was a German officer since 1907, finally Generalleutnant of the Wehrmacht in World War II. He must neither be confused with the film director Walter Wittke nor with the academic civil engineer Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Walter Wittke from Hamburg.

Military career (day, month, year)

File:Generalmajor Walter Wittke, Kommandeur der 170. Infanterie-Division (Christmas celebration).jpeg
Generalmajor Walter Wittke, Commander of the 170. Infanterie-Division (Christmas celebration)
  • Cadet Corps (Kadettenkorps)
  • 14.3.1907 10. Kompanie/1. Masurisches Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 146
    • later he served in the 9th (1909), then 4th (1910–1912), then in the 2nd Company (1913–1914)
      • his younger brother Konrad (1890–1954) also joined the regiment, was promoted to Leutnant on 24 March 1909 (received Patent on 24 June 1909), to Hauptmann on 15 July 1918 and served in WWII as an Oberstleutnant of the Wehrmacht.
  • 1914–1918 In WWI, he was transferred to the Fliegertruppe and served as an observer and/or pilot with the Feld-Flieger-Abteilung Nr. 15
    • 26 May 1915 wounded during aerial combat (Luftkampf) near Sniadowo/Kolno; his pilot, Oberleutnant Reinhold Rosenbaum, was also wounded and died the next day in the Feldlazarett 5.
  • 1920 Discharged from the Vorläufige Reichswehr, transition to the Hamburg Police
  • 1935 Commander of the State Police Bremen as successor to Police Colonel Hans Potel (1933–1935)
  • 1.10.1935 Transfer to the Wehrmacht
    • Commander of the II. Bataillon/Infanterie-Regiment 4 in Deutsch Krone
  • 1.4.1937 Commander of the Infanterie-Regiment 46 in Neumünster
  • 1.10.1939 Commander of the 170. Infanterie-Division
    • 10.7.1941 After riots in Belzy, Romanians rounded up 400 jews to punish them in retaliation for terror attacks on their military with dead soldiers. Wittke could, at the last moment, force the Romanian commander to limit himself to 15 male jews as the regulations stipulated.
  • 11.2.1942 Führerreserve
  • 25.6.1942 General z. b. V. (at special disposal) of the Heeresgruppe Süd
  • 9.7.1942 General z. b. V. (at special disposal) of the Heeresgruppe B
  • 9.2.1943 Führerreserve
  • 31.10.1943 Retired

Promotions

German Army

  • 14.3.1907 Leutnant without Patent
    • 14.6.1907 Patent as 2nd Lieutenant received
  • 24.12.1914 Oberleutnant
  • 5.10.1916 Hauptmann (Captain)

Police

  • 1920 Polizei-Hauptmann
  • Polizei-Major
  • 1930 Polizei-Oberstleutnant
  • 1935 Polizei-Oberst (Police-Colonel)

Wehrmacht

  • 1.10.1935 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 1.8.1939 Generalmajor
  • 1.8.1941 Generalleutnant

Awards and decorations




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