Hermann Grothe

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Birth name	Hermann Ernst Grothe
Birth date	10 December 1894(1894-12-10)
Place of birth	Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date	5 April 1959 (aged 64)
Place of death	Berlin-Halensee, West Berlin, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic 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 Wehrmacht
Years of service	1913–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross House Order of Hohenzollern War Merit Cross

Hermann Ernst Grothe (10 December 1894 – 5 April 1959) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr, the Police and the Wehrmacht, finally Generalmajor and rocket launcher brigade commander during World War II.

Career (chronology)

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15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 (German Multiple Smoke Rocket Launcher; Nebel = Fog)

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German Armoured Rocket Launcher "Sd.Kfz.4-1 Panzerwerfer 42 (8 cm)"

File:General der Panzertruppe a. D. Sigfrid Henrici und Generalmajor a. D. Hermann Grothe nach der Entlassung aus der Kriegsgefangenschaft, 10. Oktober 1955.jpg

General der Panzertruppe Sigfrid Henrici (de), Generalmajor Hermann Grothe (right) and others (like Generalmajor Rolf Scherenberg) arrive in Germany (Lager Friedland) after over 10 years of Soviet captivity (Spätheimkehrer).

• One Year Volunteer in the 24th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-08 Aug 1914)
• In the Field with the 24th Infantry-Regiment (08 Aug 1914-27 Nov 1915)
• Detached to Officer-Aspirant-Course in Munsterlager / Truppenübungsplatz Munster (16 May 1915-07 Aug 1915)
• Platoon-Leader in the 24th Infantry-Regiment (27 Nov 1915-11 Jan 1917)
• Detached to Mortar-School in Markendorf (11 Nov 1916-10 Jan 1917)
• Leader of the Mortar-Platoon in the I. Battalion of the 24th Infantry-Regiment (11 Jan 1917-04 Aug 1917)
• Leader of the 10th Company of the 24th Infantry-Regiment (04 Aug 1917-28 Nov 1917)
• Leader of the 2nd Company of the 24th Infantry-Regiment (28 Nov 1917-06 Feb 1918)
• Transferred to the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 24th Infantry-Regiment (06 Feb 1918-25 Mar 1918)
• Leader of the 9th Company of the 24th Infantry-Regiment (25 Mar 1918-04 Apr 1918)
• Wounded, in Hospital (04 Apr 1918-22 May 1918)
• Leader of the 9th Company of the 24th Infantry-Regiment (22 May 1918-31 May 1918)
• Wounded, in Hospital (31 May 1918-17 Sep 1918)
• Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 24th Infantry-Regiment (17 Sep 1918-10 Jan 1919)
• Transferred into the Volunteer-Regiment von Oven under Oberst Georg von Oven (10 Jan 1919-13 Jan 1919)
• Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the Volunteer-Regiment von Oven (13 Jan 1919-25 Apr 1919)
• Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the Volunteer-Regiment von Oven (25 Apr 1919-02 Jun 1919)
• Platoon-Leader in the 2nd MG-Company of the Volunteer-Regiment von Oven (02 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1919)
• Detached to the Military Gymnasium, Wünsdorf (01 Oct 1919-01 Mar 1920)
• Transferred back into the 2nd MG-Company of the Volunteer-Regiment von Oven (01 Mar 1920-28 Mar 1920)
• Transferred to Police Service (28 Mar 1920)
• With the Protection-Police Berlin (Schutzpolizei) – Platoon-Leader in the 6th Unit of Police-Group Centre (28 Mar 1920-27 Jul 1920)
• 2nd Ordinance-Officer of the Police-Department Berlin-Centre (27 Jul 1920-26 Aug 1921)
• Detached for Training to the Command of the Police-Department Berlin Centre (11 May 1921-24 May 1921)
• At the same time, Temporary-Adjutant of the Command of the Police-Department Berlin-Centre (10 Aug 1921-15 Aug 1921)
• Assistant for Technical Affairs with the Command of the Police-Department Berlin-Linden (26 Aug 1921-01 Jan 1922)
• Transferred to the Police-Department Berlin-Alexanderplatz, at the same time Detached to the Police-Department Berlin-Linden (01 Jan 1922-01 Apr 1924)
• Transferred to the Protection-Police Magdeburg (01 Apr 1924-01 Nov 1925)
• Detached to Training-Course for Police-Officers at the Police-Motor-Transport-School Berlin (04 May 1925-31 Jul 1925)
• Transferred to the Police-School Burg (01 Nov 1925-01 Mar 1926)
• Detached to District-Training (11 Sep 1925-07 Nov 1925)
• Transferred back into the Police-Administration Magdeburg (01 Mar 1926-29 Apr 1927)
• Detached to Police-School for Physical-Training in Spandau (08 Apr 1926-22 May 1926)
• Detached to Short Course (Kurzlehrgang) for Polizei-Oberleutnants at the Higher Police School in Eiche (07 Jan 1927-11 Apr 1927)
• Leader of the Motor Transport Technical Special Personnel with the Police-Administration Potsdam (29 Apr 1927-15 Jun 1934)
• Detached to the Prussian Ministry Of The Interior (05 Jan 1934-15 Mar 1934)
• Leader of the Motorcycle-Unit with the State-Police-Department Potsdam, Training-Administration 2 (15 Jun 1934-15 Oct 1935)
• Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
• Detached to the War School in Hannover (15 Oct 1935-01 Jun 1936)
• Battery-Chief (Batteriechef) in the 2nd Smoke-Battalion (01 Jun 1936-01 Mar 1938)
• Transferred to the Staff of the 2nd Smoke-Battalion / Nebel-Abteilung 2 (01 Mar 1938-10 Nov 1938)
• Commander of the 5th Smoke-Battalion / Nebel-Abteilung 5 (mot) (10 Nov 1938-01 Sep 1940)
• Commander of Special-Purpose-Rocket-Artillery-Regiment-Staff 1 / Regimentsstab der Nebeltruppen z. b. V. 1 (01 Sep 1940-20 Jan 1941)
• Commander of the 52nd Rocket-Artillery-Regiment (20 Jan 1941-10 Sep 1942)
  • Nebelwerfer-Regiment 52, renamed to Werfer-Regiment 52 on 15 April 1942
• Commander of Rocket-Troops 1 / Kommandeur der Nebeltruppen 1 (10 Sep 1942-01 Mar 1944)
• Commander of the 1st Rocket-Artillery-Brigade (01 Mar 1944-00 Sep 1944)
  • with the 8. Armee, then with the 3. Panzer-Armee
• Commander of the 1st People's-Rocket-Artillery-Brigade (Nov 1944-8 May 1945)
  • Volks-Werfer-Brigade 1 of the XIII. and LXVII. Armee-Korps/6. Panzer-Armee
• Captured by the Soviets on Hela Island (09 May 1945)
• Released (07 Oct 1955)

Promotions

• Einjährig-Freiwilliger (1. Oktober 1913)
• Unteroffizier der Reserve (13 December 1914)
• Leutnant der Reserve (27 November 1915)

Police

• Polizei-Leutnant (28 March 1920)
• Polizei-Oberleutnant (22 December 1921)
• Polizei-Hauptmann (29 April 1927)
• Polizei-Major (1 August 1935)

Wehrmacht

• Major (15 October 1935)
• Oberstleutnant (1 March 1938)
• Oberst (14 February 1941)
• Generalmajor (1 March 1945)

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
  • EK II on 9 March 1916
  • EK I on 1 August 1916
• Military Merit Cross (Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militärverdienstkreuz), 2nd Class (MK2) on 29 June 1916
• Prussian Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords on 5 May 1918
• Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen 1918) in Black on 30 June 1916
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 on 24 December 1934
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class on 17 June 1940
  • 1st Class on 12 July 1942
• War Merit Cross, 2nd and 1st Class
  • 1st Class on 25 October 1941
• Eastern Front Medal on 1 September 1942

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