Hans von Tettau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of Birth: Bautzen, Saxony, Germany
About Hans von Tettau
- Hans von Tettau (30 November 1888 – 30 January 1956) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at the divisional and corps level.
- He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
- Tettau surrendered to the Allied forces in May 1945; he was released in 1947.
- He wrote a book with General Kurt Versock called The History of the 24th Infantry Division. Although much decorated, Tettau's reputation is debatable.
- Some German historians argue that he had little real military experience up to his countermeasures at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944, the Allied Operation Market Garden.
- Fellow generals spoke of Tettau -whose regular work in the army was more that of an inspector than of a commanding officer - in a negative way when he organised his defences in the Netherlands under the name of Westgruppe, which was no formal army division at all.
- This was seen as a political move by Tettau to gain credit in Berlin.
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