(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Hans Juppe
Born: 30 Oct 1889 in Schweidnitz, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 12 Mar 1973 in Tübingen
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (19 Dec 1911); Fähnrich (22 Mar 1912); Leutnant (18 Aug 1912); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1916); Hauptmann (01 Sep 1922); Major (01 Apr 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1935); Oberst (01 Mar 1938); Generalmajor (20 Oct 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Jul 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 51st Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1911-18 Aug 1912)
Transferred into the 155th Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1912-03 Aug 1914)
In the Field with Field-Airship-Battalion V (03 Aug 1914-21 Sep 1914)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 228th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (21 Sep 1914-09 Oct 1914)
Leader of the 49th Reserve-Bicycle-Company (09 Oct 1914-09 Mar 1916)
Company-Leader in the 226th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (09 Mar 1916-29 Aug 1916)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Command of XXV. Reserve-Corps (29 Aug 1916-02 May 1917)
Transferred to Army High Command 7 (02 May 1917-09 May 1917)
Transferred into the 19th Infantry-Regiment (09 May 1917-25 May 1917)
Leader of 5th Company of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (25 May 1917-26 Nov 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the 9th Infantry-Division (11 Jul 1917-04 Sep 1917)
Transferred to the 2nd Army-Telephone-Battalion (26 Nov 1917-17 Feb 1918)
Detached to Training-Course for Signals-Troops in Spandau-Ruhleben (28 Nov 1917-02 Jan 1918)
Transferred to Signals-Commander 107 (17 Feb 1918-18 Jun 1918)
Transferred to the 6th Signals-Replacement-Battalion (18 Jun 1918-13 Aug 1918)
Transferred into the 1st Signals-Battalion (13 Aug 1918-28 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 6th Signals-Battalion (28 Jan 1919-21 Jun 1919)
Transferred back into the 155th Infantry-Regiment (21 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 106th Brigade-Signals-Battalion (01 Oct 1919-22 Apr 1920)
Ordinance and Signals Officer with the Staff of the 2nd Reichswehr-Brigade (22 Apr 1920-13 Sep 1920)
Transferred into the 3rd Signals-Battalion (13 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 2nd Signals-Battalion & Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of 3rd Division (01 Oct 1921-01 Jan 1923)
With unchanged Service Use, transferred into the 1st Signals-Battalion (01 Jan 1923-01 Oct 1923)
Detached to the 3rd Signals-Battalion (01 Oct 1923-01 Apr 1924)
Detached for Training in Army Transport Matters to 3rd Division (10 Jan 1924-14 Feb 1924)
Transferred into the 3rd Signals-Battalion (01 Apr 1924-01 Feb 1926)
Detached to the 4th Signals-Battalion (01 Apr 1925-31 May 1925)
Chief of 1st Company of the 4th Signals-Battalion (01 Feb 1926-01 Apr 1929)
Advisor in the Inspection of Signals Troops, RWM (01 Apr 1929-01 Feb 1935)
Chief of Staff of the Inspection of Signals Troops (01 Feb 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of Signals-Troops X (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Department-Chief then Office-Group-Chief in OKW/Wehrmacht Communication Matters (WNV) (12 Oct 1937-01 Apr 1942)
At the same time, Director of the German Military Delegation with the World Communications Conference in Cairo (01 Feb 1938-31 Mar 1938)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Apr 1942-01 May 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 206th Infantry-Division (01 May 1942-03 May 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (03 May 1942-15 Aug 1942)
Commander of the 704th Infantry-Division (15 Aug 1942-20 Feb 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (20 Feb 1943-15 May 1943)
General with Special Duties with the German General in Zagreb (15 May 1943-10 Oct 1943)
Army-Inspector for the Croatian Armed Forces (10 Oct 1943-25 Oct 1944)
German General for the Croatian Armed Forces (25 Oct 1944-10 May 1945)
In Captivity (10 May 1945-27 Jun 1947)
Released (27 Jun 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 26.04.1945 als Generalleutnant und Heeresinspekteur für die Kroatische Wehrmacht
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Schlesisches Adler-Orden II. Stufe
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange „Prager Burg“
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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