(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Herbert Giese
Born: 02 Sep 1899 in Ratibor
Died: 29 Sep 1978 in Wiesbaden
Promotions:
Fähnrich (10 Nov 1917); Leutnant (01 Aug 1918); Oberleutnant (01 May 1926); Hauptmann (01 May 1934); Major (01 Mar 1938); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1940); Oberst (01 Mar 1942); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945); Brigadegeneral (Bundesgrenzschutz) (01 Nov 1951)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Battery-Officer in the 1st Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1917-1919)
Retired (31 Dec 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service as Company-Officer in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1925-31 Jan 1929)
Territorial-Officer with the Fortress-Commander Glatz (01 Feb 1929-30 Jun 1932)
Territorial-Officer with the Fortress-Commander Küstrin (01 Jul 1932-30 Apr 1934)
Fully Activated Squadron-Officer in the 3rd Transport-Battalion (01 May 1934-30 Sep 1934)
Squadron-Chief in the 3rd Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1934-31 Mar 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Battery-Chief in the 6th Flak-Regiment (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Adjutant of the 6th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Higher Commander of Flak-Artillery VII (01 Oct 1937-30 Nov 1938)
Tactics-Instructor at the Air War School Berlin-Gatow (01 Dec 1938-15 Jul 1939)
Commander of a Flak-Battalion (16 Jul 1939-30 Sep 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Commander of Air Defence Zone West (01 Oct 1939-09 Apr 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) and Chief Of Staff of Air-Region-Command Norway (10 Apr 1940-31 Oct 1941)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Region-Command VIII (01 Nov 1941-31 Oct 1942)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Region-Command XII (01 Nov 1942-15 Mar 1944)
Detached to the Luftwaffe-Operations-Staff, RLM (16 Mar 1944-15 Jul 1944)
Chief Of Staff of Air-Fleet 10 (16 Jul 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Commander of the 31st Flak-Division (01 Jan 1945-20 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (20 Apr 1945-25 Mar 1946)
Released (25 Mar 1946)
Entered Federal Border Guards Service as Leader of the Formation-Staff of the Federal-Border-Patrol (24 Apr 1951-31 Oct 1951)
Commander of the Federal-Border-Guards North (01 Nov 1951-30 Sep 1959)
Retired (30 Sep 1959)

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