(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Fritz Kühne
Born: 14 Jun 1883 in Neukirch, District Breslau
Died: 05 Apr 1972 in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Promotions:
Fähnrich (02 Mar 1903); Leutnant (27 Jan 1904); Oberleutnant (16 Jun 1911); Hauptmann (19 Oct 1914); Major (01 Mar 1924); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1929); Oberst (01 Oct 1931); Genralmajor (01 Aug 1934); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1936)
Career:
Entered Army Service (02 Mar 1903)
Fähnrich in the 3rd Railway-Regiment (02 Mar 1903-1907)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 3rd Railway-Regiment (1907-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1910-00 Jul 1913)
Transferred into the 4th Railway-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-22 Mar 1914)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1914-00 Oct 1914)
Battalion-Leader in the 136th Infantry-Regiment & in the 143rd Infantry-Regiment (00 Oct 1914-00 Jun 1915)
With the Staff of the Chief of Field Railway Matters (00 Jun 1915-00 Sep 1915)
Hauptmann in the Grand General Staff (00 Sep 1915-00 Apr 1918)
With the General-Staff of the 48th Reserve-Division (00 Apr 1918-00 Jun 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 19th Reserve-Division (00 Jun 1918-00 Jan 1919)
In the General-Staff of Army-Detachment Lüttwitz (00 Jan 1919-01 Oct 1920)
With the Staff of 2nd Division (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1922)
Company-Chief in the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-01 Oct 1924)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1924-01 Feb 1927)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1927-01 Apr 1929)
Director of the Army Transport Group in the Troop Office, RWM (01 Apr 1929-01 Oct 1932)
Commander of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Director of Army-Service-Office Dortmund (01 Oct 1934-07 Mar 1936)
Commander of the 26th Infantry-Division (07 Mar 1936-31 Oct 1938)
Retired (31 Oct 1938)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 253rd Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-07 Mar 1941)
Commander of the 526th Infantry-Division (07 Mar 1941-20 Dec 1941)
Commander of Division Aachen (20 Dec 1941-26 Sep 1942)
Commander of Division 526 (26 Sep 1942-15 Mar 1944)
Retired (30 Jun 1944)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 02.06.1944 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der Division 526
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Lübeckisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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