General der Artillerie Kurt Jahn

Commands & Assignments:

8 March 1910: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in 2. Badisches Feld-Artillerie-Regiment Nr.30.
1 October 1910-30 June 1911: Detached to the Metz War School.
26 September 1914: Adjutant of the II. Battalion of Field Artillery Regiment 30.
17 June 1916: Regimental Adjutant of Field Artillery Regiment 30.
28 August 1916: Adjutant of the Commander of Artillery of the 29th Infantry Division.
5 February 1917: Detached to the staff of the 29th Infantry Division.
24 February 1917: Second Ordnance Officer on the staff of the 29th Infantry Division.
6 April 1917: First Ordnance Officer on the staff of the 29th Infantry Division.
13 December 1917-31 January 1918: Detached to Infantry Regiment 113.
3 April 1918: Transferred to a General Staff position in the V Army Corps.
29 July 1918: Transferred to a General Staff position in the 42nd Infantry Division.
15 February 1919: Returned to Field Artillery Regiment 30.
9 March 1919: Detached for service in the Great General Staff.
14 June 1919: Allocated to the General Command of the VI Reserve Corps for special employment.
21 June 1919: Detached to the High Staff of the Baltic Landeswehr.
24 July 1919: Detached to the Processing Staff of the Baltic Landeswehr (Freikorps).
13 October 1919: Transferred to a General Staff position in Wehrkreis [Military District] Command I.
1 November 1920: While retaining his previous position in Wehrkreis Command I, detached to the Reich Defense Ministry.
1 May 1921-31 May 1921: Detached to the 5th Motorized Battalion.
1 June 1921-30 September 1921: Detached to the III. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 15.
1 October 1921: Transferred to Artillery Regiment 1 and detached to Group Command 1.
1 July 1922: Transferred to Group Command 1.
1 April 1923: Consultant in the Training Department (T4) of the Reich Defense Ministry.
20 August 1923-4 September 1923: Detached to Troop Service at the Grafenwöhr Troop Training Area.
19 July 1924-31 July 1924: Detached to Artillery Regiment 4.
7 June 1925-22 June 1925: Detached to Infantry Regiment 15.
1 October 1925: Allocated to the Troop Office/Group Abwehr [Intelligence].
16 October 1925: Detached to the 1st Cavalry Division.
1 November 1925: Transferred to the staff of the 1st Cavalry Division and detached to the staff of the 2nd Division as Leader of the Intelligence Section in Wehrkreis II.
14 April 1926-28 April 1926: Detached to the I. Battalion of Artillery Regiment 2.
5 May 1927-14 May 1927: Detached to the I. Battalion of Artillery Regiment 2.
1 April 1928: Transferred to Artillery Regiment 2.
1 July 1928: Chief of the 2nd Battery of Artillery Regiment 2.
22 October 1928-1 December 1928: Detached to the Firing Course for Artillery Officers in Munster.
15 September 1931: Detached to the staff of the 5th Division.
1 October 1931: Transferred to the staff of the 5th Division.
1 April 1934: Commander of the Artillery Demonstration and Testing Command Ulm/Donau.
1 October 1934: Commander of Artillery Regiment “Ulm.”
15 October 1935: Commander of Artillery Regiment 5.
6 October 1936: Commander of Artillery Regiment 35.
12 October 1937: Artillery Commander (Arko) 35.
1 March 1938: Commander of the Jüterbog Artillery School.
5 October 1940: Commander of the 121st Infantry Division in Germany.
6 May 1941: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command and, at the same time, detached to the staff of the 3rd Infantry Division.
25 May 1941-1 April 1942: Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division (Motorized). [The division was engaged in the invasion of the Soviet Union from June 1941 as a component of Army Group North, but transferred to the control of Army Group Center in December 1941.]
22 April 1942: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
1 May 1942: Commander of Division Nr. 233 (Motorized).
7 July 1942-1 March 1943: Commander of the 233rd Panzer Grenadier Division in Germany.
19 February 1943: Detached to the Reichskriegsgericht [Supreme Court of Justice of the Armed Forces].
1 March 1943: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command
15 March 1943: Commander of the 709th Infantry Division in France.
1 July 1943-1 March 1944: Higher Artillery Commander (Harko) 308 of the 2d Army on the Eastern Front.
10 March 1944: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command and, at the same time, detached to Army Group Center on the Eastern Front.
14 April 1944-24 May 1944: Delegated with the leadership of the 18th Panzer Grenadier Division on the Eastern Front.
25 May 1944-4 June 1944: Delegated with the leadership of the 12th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front.
12 June 1944-8 July 1944: Detached to the Course for Commanding Generals in Hirschberg.
8 July 1944-31 July 1944: Delegated with the leadership of Army Detachment “von Zangen” (LXXXVII Army Corps) in Italy.
1 September 1944: Delegated with the leadership of the German-Italian Lombardy Corps in Italy. [A component of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani’s Ligurian Army, Jahn’s corps consisted of German and Italian units including—by the end of the war—the 3rd Italian Marine Division “San Marco” and the 4th Italian Alpine Division “Monte Rosa.”]
1 October 1944-1 May 1945: Commanding General of the German-Italian Lombardy Corps in Italy.
1 May 1945-5 October 1947: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 5th October 1947 transferred via Camp 43 to Camp 2 W.C. Holding Centre FISHBECK
6 October 1947-25 May 1948: Interned in British custody.

Decorations & Awards:

German Cross in Gold: 18 June 1942, Generalleutnant, Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division (Motorized) in Russia.
Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) with 1939 Bar
Baden Order of the Zähringer Lion, Knight 2nd Class with Swords
Saxe-Ernestine Ducal House Order, Knight 2nd Class with Swords
Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)