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     Hermann von Strantz    







Hermann Christian Wilhelm von Strantz
 
(13.2.1853 - 6.11.1936)
place of birth:  Nakel  (Naklo - Posen)


Prussian general of infantry who commanded V. Corps and Army Detachment "Strantz" throughout the better part of the Great War. He spent most of his pre-war military career doing staff work in Frankfurt a.d. Oder and Berlin. He received command of the V. Army Corps three years prior to war's outbreak, a force he led into battle attached to Crown Prince Wilhelm's Fifth Army.

Von Strantz' troops were engaged at Verdun in the summer of 1916, where they were ordered to capture Fort Troyon and force a crossing of the river Meuse. One of Strantz' staff officers at Verdun was the 36-year old captain Wilhelm List, who later served as a Wehrmacht army group commander during World War Two. General von Strantz died on 6 November 1936.

 




Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
02.08.1870  -  00.00.1872 Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Friedrich Wilhelm III (1. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 8 - Frankfurt an der Oder     (Lt:  2.1.1871)
19.07.1870  -  10.05.1871 Franco-Prussian War - 1870/71
00.00.1872  -  30.09.1877 Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 - Landsberg an der Warthe  (Adjutant)    
01.10.1877  -  25.07.1880 Königliche Kriegsakademie - Berlin     (Olt:  18.10.1879)
26.07.1880  -  21.03.1881 Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 - Landsberg an der Warthe  (Adjutant)   
22.03.1881  -  29.04.1882 Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 - Frankfurt an der Oder  (Adjutant)    
30.04.1882  -  20.04.1883 Großer Generalsstab - Berlin
21.04.1883  -  14.04.1886 27. Infanterie-Brigade - Düsseldorf  (Adjutant)    
15.04.1886  -  21.03.1891 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam  (Coy Cdr):   15.4.1886 - 22.3.1891  (Coy Cdr)     (Hpt:  15.4.1886)
22.03.1891  -  15.05.1891 Großer Generalsstab - Berlin     (Maj:  22.3.1891)
16.05.1891  -  24.03.1893  2. Garde-Division - Berlin  (General Staff)    
25.03.1893  -  21.03.1897 Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 8 - Frankfurt an der Oder  (Bn Cdr)
22.03.1897  -  01.05.1899 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam  (Regt Staff)     (Obslt:  22.3.1897)
02.05.1899  -  27.04.1900 Landwehr-Bezirk III - Berlin  (Cdr)     (Obt:  27.1.1900)
28.04.1900  -  26.01.1903 2. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam  (Cdr)
27.01.1903  -  17.05.1903 Offizier von der Armee
27.01.1903  -  15.10.1906 2. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade - Berlin  (Cdr)     (GM:  18.4.1903)
16.10.1906  -  02.04.1911 25. Infanterie-Division - Darmstadt   (Cdr)     (GL:  16.10.1906)
03.04.1911  -  01.02.1917 V. Armeekorps - Posen  (Cdr)     (GdI:  7.4.1911)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  01.02.1917 V. Armeekorps  =  5. Armee
10.09.1914  -  01.02.1917 Armeeabteilung "Strantz"     (concurrent with above)
02.02.1917  -  11.11.1918 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Pour le Merite:  22 August 1915
highest rank:  General der Infanterie




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