General der Artillerie Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: General der Artillerie Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck

PW NO: 340734

RANK: General der Artillerie

CAPTURED: Molveno, Italy

DATE: 2 May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 10 January 1897

PLACE OF BIRTH: Breslau

DATE OF DEATH: 15 April 1979

PLACE OF DEATH: Überlingen

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Protestant

OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier

HEIGHT: 5'8"

WEIGHT: 154lbs

HAIR COLOUR: Blonde

EYE COLOUR: Blue

NEXT OF KIN: Ruth Hauck, (American Zone)

Promotions:

War Volunteer: 1 September 1914
Gefreiter: 10 March 1915
Unteroffizier: 5 November 1915
Vizefeldwebel: 22 August 1916
Leutnant der Reserve: 12 June 1917
Leutnant: 12 September 1918 – Patent 19 February 1916; RDA later changed to 1 September 1915 (319)
Oberleutnant: 31 July 1925 – RDA 1 April 1925 (272)
Hauptmann: 1 August 1931 (1)
Major: 1 January 1936 – RDA 1 December 1935 (64a)
Oberstleutnant: 1 January 1939 (69) – RDA later changed to 1 January 1938 (65a)
Oberst: 1 December 1940 (30)
Generalmajor: 1 June 1943 (1)
Generalleutnant: 1 March 1944 (6)
General der Artillerie: 20 April 1945

Commands & Assignments:

1 September 1914: Entered the Army Reserve as a War Volunteer in the Feld-Artillerie-Regiment von Puecker (1. Schlesisches) Nr.6.
22 October 1914-6 February 1915: Sick/hospitalized in Breslau.
16 March 1915: Transferred to Field Artillery Regiment 104 and in the field.
1 January 1917-28 February 1917: Detached to the Training Course for Officer Aspirants at the Field Artillery Firing School at Jüterbog.
12 September 1918: While retaining his war position with Field Artillery Regiment 104, transferred to the Feld-Artillerie-Regiment von Podbielski (1. Niederschlesiches) Nr.5 as an active Leutnant.
1 February 1919: Transferred to Field Artillery Regiment 5 and then to Light Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 29 of Reichswehr-Brigade 29.
6 August 1919: Observation Officer in the II. Battalion of Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 29 of Reichswehr-Brigade 29.
25 November 1919: Adjutant of the II. Battalion of Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 29 of Reichswehr-Brigade 29.
1 March 1920: Adjutant of the IV. Battalion of Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 6 of Reichswehr-Brigade 6.
15 May 1920: Second Ordonnanz-Offizier on the staff of Reichswehr Artillery Regiment 6 of Reichswehr-Brigade 6.
4 October 1920-22 December 1920: Detached to Artillery Firing School at Jüterbog.
1 January 1921: Transferred to the 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment upon the formation of the new Reichsheer from the Übergangsheer or Transitional Army.
1 October 1921-4 July 1922: Detached to the Cavalry School at Hannover.
1 March 1922: Transferred to the staff of the III. Battalion of the 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment.
9 April 1923-16 May 1923: Detached to Course B 15 at Jüterbog.
1 October 1923: Adjutant of the V. Battalion of the 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment.
1 August 1927: Transferred to the 16th Battery of the 3rd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment.
3 October 1927-15 February 1928: Detached to the Weapons School Course at the Artillery School.
3 June 1929-30 September 1929: Detached to the 15th Infantry Regiment.
1 October 1929: Detached for Leader Assistant training with the staff of the 6th Division.
1 October 1931: Transferred to the 4th Artillery Regiment and detached to the Commandant of Berlin.
1 August 1932: Detached to the staff of the 1st Division.
1 October 1932: Transferred to the staff of the 1st Division in the Uniform of a Leadership Staff Officer.
1 July 1934: Transferred to the 2nd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment.
1 October 1934: Transferred to the II. Battalion of Artillery Regiment “Stettin.”
15 September 1935: Transferred to the staff of the Commandant of Berlin.
1 July 1936-30 September 1936: Detached to the General Staff of Group Command 2.
1 October 1936: Operations Officer (Ia) in the General Staff of the 2nd Division.
10 November 1938: Operations Officer (Ia) in the General Staff of the V Army Corps. [Commanded by General der Infanterie Richard Ruoff, the V Army Corps took part in the invasions of Poland in September 1939 and France in May-June 1940.]
1 June 1940-18 February 1941: Chief of the General Staff of Higher Command for Special Employment XXXVII. [Commanded by General der Infanterie Alfred Boehm-Tettelbach, this special employment staff served on occupation duty in the Netherlands. From 1 July 1940-15 March 1941, Boehm-Tettelbach performed concurrent duty as Commander of Army Troops in the Netherlands.]
23 February 1941: Senior Quartermaster in the General Staff of the 11th Army. [Commanded by Generaloberst Eugen Ritter von Schobert, the 11th Army took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 as a component of Army Group South. Following the death of Ritter von Schobert on 12 September 1941, General der Infanterie Erich von Lewinski genannt von Manstein received command of the army. Tasked with conquering the Crimea and Sevastopol, the 11th Army attacked across the narrow Perekop Isthmus on 18 October 1941 and by mid-November all of the Crimea except Sevastopol lay in German hands. Supply problems and a major Soviet counteroffensive across the Kerch Peninsula prevented the Germans from seizing Sevastopol quickly. After recapturing the Kerch Peninsula in May 1942, the 11th Army and its attached Romanian troops turned their full attention to the besieged city of Sevastopol. Attacking on 7 June 1942 under a massive artillery barrage and heavy Luftwaffe air support, the 11th Army and the attached Romanian Mountain Corps assaulted the fortification belts surrounding the city. On 13 June 1942, Infantry Regiment 16, commanded by Oberst Dietrich von Choltitz, opened the first major breach when it captured Fort Stalin. On the night of the 28-29 June 1942, von Manstein directed an amphibious assault through Severnaya Bay causing the final fortification belt of the city to fall. The battle within the city continued until 4 July 1942 when the last 30,000 Soviet defenders surrendered.]
18 September 1942: Detached to the General Quartermaster in the General Staff of the Army.
27 November 1942: Delegated with the leadership of Grenadier Regiment 386 of the 218th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front.
5 March 1943: Delegated with the leadership of the 305th Infantry Division in France.
1 June 1943: Commander of the 305th Infantry Division in France (division transferred to Italy from August 1943).
24 November 1944: Delegated with the leadership of the LXXVI Panzer Corps in Italy.
7 December 1944: Army High Command Leader Reserve.
5 January 1945-15 January 1945: Detached to the Course for Commanding Generals in Hirschberg/Silesia.
15 January 1945-24 January 1945: Delegated with the leadership of the LXIV Army Corps in Alsace, France.
2 March 1945: Delegated with the leadership of the LI Mountain Army Corps in Italy
20 April 1945-2 May 1945: Commanding General of the LI Mountain Army Corps in Italy.
2 May 1945-7 February 1948: Prisoner of war.
- 19th June 1947 transferred from Rimini to Island Farm Special Camp 11
- 15th January 1948 transferred to LDC (London District Cage)
1965: Published the divisional history Eine deutsche Division im Rußlandfeldzug – 305. Infanterie-Division (A German Division in the Russian Campaign – 305th Infantry Division).