Blaskowitz, Johannes
- Date of birth:
- July 10th, 1883 (Peterswalde/East Prussia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 5th, 1948 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Generaloberst Johannes Albrecht Blaskowitz
Promotions:
00.00.1899: Kadett
02.03.1901: Fähnrich
27.01.1902: Leutnant - Patent 10.07.1900
27.01.1910: Oberleutnant
17.02.1914: Hauptmann
01.06.1921: Major
06.04.1926: Oberstleutnant
01.10.1929: Oberst
01.10.1932: Generalmajor
01.12.1933: Generalleutnant
01.08.1936: General der Infanterie
01.10.1939: Generaloberst
Career:
00.00.1894: Kadett in Köslin
00.00.1897: Hauptkadettenanstalt, Groß-Lichterfelde, Berlin
02.03.1901: Fähnrich, Infanterie-Regiment „von Grolmann" (1. Posensches) Nr. 18, Osterode
00.00.1901: Kriegsschule Engers
27.01.1902: promoted to Leutnant
00.00.1908-00.00.1911: Kriegsakademie in Berlin
00.00.1911: promoted to Oberleutnant, 3. Kompanie, 9. Badischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 170, Offenburg
01.04.1914: Olt., Stab, Infanterie-Regiment „Markgraf Ludwig Wilhelm" (3. Badisches) Nr. 111
00.00.1914-00.00.1918: Hauptmann und Kompaniechef - Eastern front, Lothringen, Flandern, Tirol, Serbia
00.04.1916: Generalstabsoffizier - Kovel, Riga
00.00.1919: Hauptquartier, X. Armee-Korps, Hannover
00.00.1919: Generalstabsoffizier, Hauptquartier, Wehrkreis V, Stuttgart
01.10.1924: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, 13. (Württembergischen) Infanterie-Regiment, Ulm
00.00.1926: promoted to Oberstleutnant
00.00.1928: Chef des Stabes, 5. Division, Stuttgart
01.10.1929: promoted to Oberst und Landeskommandant Baden
00.10.1930: Oberst, Kommandeur, 14. (Badisches) Infanterie-Regiment „Seehasen", Konstanz
01.10.1932: promoted to Generalmajor
01.02.1933: Generalmajor, Inspekteur der Waffenschulen, Reichswehrministerium Berlin
01.12.1933: promoted to Generalleutnant
00.00.1935: Generalleutnant, Kommandierender General, Wehrkreis II, Stettin
00.00.1936: promoted to General der Infanterie
00.00.1938: Oberbefehlshaber (OB), Heeresgruppe 3, Dresden
00.10.1938: occupation of the Sudetenland
00.04.1939: occupation of the remain of Czecho-Slowakia
00.09.1939: Befehlshaber, 8. Armee - invasion of Poland, Bzura, Leczyca, Lodz
28.09.1939: received the surrender of Warsaw
01.10.1939: promoted to Generaloberst
26.10.1939: Oberbefehlshaber Ost
00.11.1939: Chef des deutschen Besatzungsheeres in Polen, replaced by Hans Frank after protest against the brutality shown by SS troops
00.05.1940: Befehlshaber, 9. Armee - campaign in the West
09.06.1940-00.05.1944: Militärbefehlshaber Nordfrankreich, fighting the resistance
00.05.1944: Kdr, Armeegruppe G
15.08.1944: moved to Elsass
00.09.1944: Kdr, Heeresgruppe G - to prevent the Allies from staging an invasion in the south of France
00.01.1945: ordered to launch an offensive, comparable to the Ardennes offensive that failed
00.01.1945: Kdr, Heeresgruppe H - participated in the negotiations concerning the dropping of food, Operation Manna, to relieve the starving population in those parts of the Netherlands that had not yet been liberated by the Allies
06.04.1945: Oberbefehlhaber, 25. Armee und Oberbefehlshaber, „Festung Holland"
06.05.1945: capitulated to Canadian general Foulkes in hotel 'De Wereld', Wageningen
07.05.1945: POW camp Dachau, then POW camp Allendorf bei Marburg and finally in POW camp Nürnberg
00.00.1946: indicted for war crimes
00.02.1948: committed suicide by jumping off a balcony in prison, Nürnberg
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 27th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- March 2nd, 1915
Ritter II. Klasse zu dem Orden der Löwen von Zähringen
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- 1915
Militärverdienstkreuz III. Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Awarded on:
- February 10th, 1916
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1916
Friedrich-August Kreuz 2.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1916
Kriegverdienstkreuz 1914-1918 für Kämpfer 2. Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 4th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Harp Madalyasi
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Inspekteur, RWM
- Awarded on:
- November 10th, 1934
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierenden General, Wehrbereich II (Commanding General in Military district II)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierenden General, Wehrbereich II (Commanding General in Military district II)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierenden General, Wehrbereich II (Commanding General in Military district II)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandierenden General, Wehrbereich II (Commanding Genreal in Military district II)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
Haborus Emlékérem kardokkal és sisakkal
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1936
Kriegserinnerungsmedaille
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- January 12th, 1937
Bulgarian Royal WW1 Veteran Medal
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- January 19th, 1937
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1938
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, 8. Armee (Commander in Chief 8th Army)
- Awarded on:
- September 11th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, 8. Armee (Commander in Chief 8th Army)
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, 8. Armee (Commander in Chief 8th Army)
- Awarded on:
- September 27th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, 8. Armee (Commander in Chief 8th Army)
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1939
1st Award.
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, 1. Armee (Commander in Chief 1st Army)
- Awarded on:
- January 28th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, 1. Armee (Commander in Chief 1st Army)
- Awarded on:
- October 30th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber, Heeresgruppe G (Commander in Chief Army Group G)
- Awarded on:
- October 29th, 1944
“Generaloberst Blaskowitz… commanded the German forces in south/southwestern France as the Allies landed on the southern French coast with overwhelming forces and simultaneously broke through the German front in Normandy. However his determination and superior leadership proved sufficient to ensure that his subordinated formations were able to escape all enemy encirclement attempts. All while fighting heavy battles against a much-larger enemy, he led his Armeegruppe back in a completely battle-worthy state. It could thus be successfully incorporated into the new German western front.”
640th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande (Commander in Chief the Netherlands)
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1945
146th Award.
Sources
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1992.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
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