Date of birth:

May 19th, 1900 (Drahnow/Westprussia, Germany)

Date of death:

December 14th, 1976 (Goslar/Lower Saxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, German Reich)

After the Second World War Friedrich Foertsch served with the Bundeswehr from 2nd November 1956 until 31st December 1963, where he finally reached the rank of General.

Promotions:
May 21st, 1918: Fahnenjunker;
January 1st, 1921: Fähnrich;
April 1st, 1922: Leutnant;
February 1st, 1927: Oberleutnant;
April 1st, 1934: Hauptmann;
August 1st, 1938: Major;
November 1st, 1940: Oberstleutnant;
June 1st, 1942: Oberst im Generalstab;
June 1st, 1944: Generalmajor;
March 1st, 1945: Generalleutnant;
January 1st, 1956: Generalmajor (Bundeswehr);
December 1st, 1958: Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr);
May 9th, 1961: General (Bundeswehr).

Career:
May 21st, 1918: 8. Westpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 175;
1919: Freikorps "Feldmarschall Hindenburg";
1920: 17. Infanterie-Regiment;
1924 - 1927: 11. / 17. Infanterie-Regiment;
October 1st, 1927: Adjutant III. (Jäger) / 17. Infanterie-Regiment;
1932: 12. (MG.) / 17. Infanterie-Regiment;
1932: Kriegsakademie;
1935: Kommandantur Königsberg;
October 12th, 1937: Kompaniechef Infanterie-Regiment 81;
November 10th, 1938: 2. Generalstabsoffizier, Generalstab III. Armeekorps;
1939: 1. Generalstabsoffizier (Ia), 60. Infanterie-Division;
1940: Stab Chef der Heeresrüstung und Befehlshaber des Ersatzheeres;
June 1st, 1942: 1. Generalstabsoffizier (Ia), 18. Armee;
December 1st, 1943 - January 25th, 1945: Chef des Generalstabes, 18. Armee;
January 1945: Chef des Generalstabes, Heeresgruppe Kurland;
May 8th, 1945: Soviet POW;
June 29th, 1950: 25 year's imprisonment;
October 9th, 1955: early releas;
1956: m.d.F.b. II. Korps (Bundeswehr);
April 1957: Kommandeur 2. Grenadier-Division;
1959: stellvertretender Chef des Stabes, Planung und Grundsatzfragen, NATO-Hauptquartier, Paris;
April 1st, 1961: Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr;
December 31st, 1963: Retired.

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