Collani, von, Ingo (218. Inf.Div.)

Date of birth:: September 24th, 1900 (Kolberg, Pommerania)
Date of death:: December 14th, 1969 (Lüneburg)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Brother of Thassilo and son of plM-Träger OTL a.D. Erwin v. Collani (26.12.1873-2.6.1922).

Promotion Dates:
Officer-Aspirant Lance-Corporal (12/03/1919);
Officer-Aspirant Corporal (11/09/1919);
Officer-Candidate (01/01/1921);
Senior Officer-Candidate (01/11/1921);
Lieutenant (01/04/1922);
Senior Lieutenant (01/02/1927);
Cavalry-Captain (01/04/1934);
Major (01/08/1938);
Lieutenant-Colonel (01/12/1940);
Colonel (01/06/1942);
Major-General (01/11/1944).

CAREER
Pre WWI and WWI:
Officer-Aspirant in the Replacement-Battalion of the 5th Guards-Regiment on Foot (04/06/1918-26/09/1918);
Transferred to the Field-Recruitment-Depot of the 4th Reserve-Infantry-Division (26/08/1918-~).
Inter-War Years:
Transferred to the Field-Recruitment-Depot of the 4th Reserve-Infantry-Division (~-03/12/1918);
Transferred to the 468th Infantry-Regiment (03/12/1918-29/03/1919);
Transferred into the Regiment ‘Von Kühlwein’ of the Brigade ‘Reinhardt’ (29/03/1919-16/04/1919);
Transferred to the 4th Guards-Regiment on Foot (16/04/1919-19/09/1919); Transferred into the Reichswehr-Battalion ‘Berlin’ (19/09/1919-15/10/1919); Transferred into the 29th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (15/10/1919-01/01/1921); Detached to I. Course at the Weapons School in Munich (28/05/1920-30/11/1920); Transferred into the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01/01/1921-01/04/1922);
Detached to II. Course at the Weapons-School in Wünsdorf (04/01/1921-29/07/1921);
Company-Officer in the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01/04/1922-01/04/1923);
Transferred to the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01/04/1923-01/10/1927);
Detached to the Cavalry-School in Hannover (15/10/1923-31/08/1924);
Detached to the Firing-Course on the Artillery-Firing-Centre in Jüterbog (04/07/1925-07/08/1925);
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course in Berlin (01/02/1926-12/02/1926);
Detached to XIV. Course for Physical-Training in Wünsdorf (17/01/1927-15/06/1927); Detached to Training on Infantry-Rifles in Arys (29/06/1927-26/08/1927);
Transferred to the Training-Cavalry-Squad of the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01/10/1927-01/11/1928);
Detached to Transport-Course with the 3rd Transport-Battalion (17/10/1927-26/11/1927);
Transferred into the 2nd Squadron of the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01/11/1928-01/10/1931);
Transferred to the Training-Squadron of the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01/10/1931-01/04/1933);
Transferred to the 3rd Squadron of the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01/04/1933-01/10/1933);
Placed to the Order of the Chief of the Army Direction and Detached to the General-Staff-Courses (01/10/1933-18/09/1935);
Transferred to the Staff of the Commander of Fortress Lötzen and Detached to the Army-General-Staff (18/09/1935-11/03/1937);
Transferred into the Army General Staff (11/03/1937-12/10/1937);
Squadron-Chief in the 13th Cavalry-Regiment (12/10/1937-10/11/1938);
Chief of Operations in the General-Staff of the 1st Cavalry-Brigade (10/11/1938-~).
WWII:
Chief of Operations in the General-Staff of the 1st Cavalry-Brigade (~-01/11/1940); Chief of Operations in the General-Staff of the 12th Infantry-Division (01/11/1940-24/12/1942);
Führer-Reserve OKH, at the same time, was Detached as Chief of the General-Staff of Group ‘Höhne’ (24/12/1942-15/02/1943);
Chief of the General-Staff of the Commanding-Officer of German Troops in Denmark, later, Armed Forces Commander Denmark, and for 8 weeks was Commander of the 712th Infantry-Regiment (15/02/1943-01/11/1944);
Führer-Reserve OKH (01/11/1944-25/12/1944);
At the same time, was Detached to the 16th Divisional-Leadership-Course in Hirschberg (21/11/1944-19/12/1944);
Commander of the 218th Infantry-Division (25/12/1944-10/05/1945).
Post WWII:
In Soviet captivity (10/05/1945-16/01/1956);
Released (16/01/1956).