(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Otto Kohl
Born: 08 Apr 1886 in Meiningen
Died: 02 Mar 1972 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (27 Jan 1907); Leutnant (16 Aug 1907); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1915); Hauptmann (25 Nov 1916); Major (01 Feb 1930); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1934); Oberst (01 Dec 1935); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Sep 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (29 Apr 1906)
Fahnenjunker in the 174th Infantry-Regiment (29 Apr 1906-01 Oct 1911)
Adjutant of III. Battalion of the 174th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1911-22 Aug 1914)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 174th Infantry-Regiment (22 Aug 1914-27 Sep 1916)
Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of the 31st Infantry-Division (27 Sep 1916-07 Mar 1917)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the Staff of the 1st Reserve-Division (07 Mar 1917-09 Oct 1917)
Chief Intelligence Officer (Ic) in the General-Staff of XXXVIII. Reserve-Corps (09 Oct 1917-01 Apr 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 174th Infantry-Regiment & Detached to Line-Command-Office Frankfurt/Oder in the General-Command of XXI. Army-Corps (01 Apr 1918-01 Nov 1919)
Company-Chief in the 104th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1919-17 May 1920)
Company-Chief in the 8th Infantry-Regiment (17 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Mar 1921)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of 6th Division (01 Mar 1921-01 Mar 1924)
With the Line-Command-Office Breslau (01 Mar 1924-01 Oct 1925)
With the Staff of the 2nd Cavalry-Division (01 Oct 1925-01 Nov 1930)
With the Staff of III. Battalion of the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1930-01 Apr 1932)
Transport-Officer with the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Apr 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Transport-Officer with the General-Command of IX. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1934-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 81st Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-01 Sep 1939)
Plenipotentiary Transport Officer with Group-Command 1 (01 Sep 1939-01 Sep 1939)
Plenipotentiary Transport Officer with Army-Group-Command North (01 Sep 1939-01 Oct 1939)
Commander of Railway-Transport-Department West (01 Oct 1939-05 Jul 1940)
Commander of Railway-Transport-Department Paris (05 Jul 1940-28 Jun 1941)
Commander of Wehrmacht-Transport-Department Paris (28 Jun 1941-01 Jul 1942)
General of Transport Matters with the Commander-in-Chief West (01 Jul 1942-01 Mar 1944)
Führer-Reserve (01 Mar 1944-15 May 1944)
Detached to Field-Command-Office Lille (15 May 1944-03 Jul 1944)
Senior Field Commandant 590, Lyon (03 Jul 1944-01 Oct 1944)
Also, Commander of Rear Army Area 590 (03 Jul 1944-07 Aug 1944)
Commander of Rear Army Area 535 (01 Oct 1944-05 May 1945)
In Captivity (05 May 1945-11 Jun 1947)
Released (11 Jun 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 09.05.1944 als Generalleutnant und General des Transportwesens beim Oberbefehlshaber West
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Herzogl. Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden mit Schwertern
- Herzogl. Sachsen-Meiningisches Ehrenkreuz für Verdienst im Kriege
- Fürstl. Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz
- Kgl. Preuss. Rettungsmedaille am Bande
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. bis I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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