The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ottomar Hansen

Hansen, Ottomar

Major-General

* 1st of September 1904

† 9th of March 1993

Promotions

1942-11-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-01-01 Colonel
1945-05-08 Major-General
1956-11-23 Brigadier-General (Bundeswehr)
1960-09-28 Major-General (Bundeswehr)

Service

1942-06-01 1943-03-24 Chief of 1st Section, Army Personnel Office, Army High Command OKH
1943-03-24 1944-01-20 Commanding Officer 103rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment
1944-01-20 1944-02-20 Unemployed
1944-01-20 1945-04-29 Adjutant, Army Group Kurland [Eastern Front]
1945-04-29 1945-05-08 Acting General Officer Commanding 121st Infantry Division
1945-05-08 1955-10-11 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1955-10-11 Released
1956-11-23 Joins the Bundeswehr
1956-11-23 1957-11-01 Commandant of the Army Officer's School II
1957-11-01 1960-02-16 Chief of Military Personnel Section, Ministry of Defence
1960-02-16 1961-10-01 General Officer Commanding 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division
1961-10-01 1964-09-30 General Officer Commanding Military District IV
1964-09-30 Retired
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299788