(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Infanterie Friedrich Fangohr
Born: 12 Aug 1899 in Hannover
Died: 17 Apr 1956 in Munich (M�nchen)
Promotions:
F�hnrich (30 Jul 1917); Leutnant (20 Nov 1917); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 May 1933); Major (01 Oct 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1944); General der Infanterie (16 Mar 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (08 Dec 1916)
Fahnenjunker in the 129th Infantry-Regiment (08 Dec 1916-19 Jan 1918)
Fahnrnjunkrt-Course in D�beritz (09 Feb 1917-30 Jun 1917)
Detached to Field War School of the 1st Army (17 Feb 1918-16 Mar 1918)
Platoon-Leader in the 477th Infantry-Regiment (19 Jan 1918-30 Jun 1918)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 477th Infantry-Regiment (30 Jun 1918-11 Jul 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 477th Infantry-Regiment (11 Jul 1918-20 Dec 1918)
Platoon-Leader in the Volunteer-Company in the Volunteer-Regiment Hasse/Volunteer-Detachment Petri (20 Dec 1918-04 Feb 1920)
Transferred into the 108th Infantry-Regiment (04 Feb 1920-15 May 1920)
Transferred into the 16th Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1920-12 Dec 1920)
Transferred into the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (12 Dec 1920-01 Oct 1924)
Detached to the Infantry-School (21 Jul 1923-09 Aug 1923)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Aug 1927)
Regiment-Signals-Officer of the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1927-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Transferred to the Commander of Berlin and Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Transferred into the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1934)
With the Staff of the Command-Office Dresden (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
With the Staff of Border-Section-Command Dresden (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
With the Staff of Army-Service-Office 5 (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Company-Chief in the 103rd Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-21 Jun 1937)
Detached to the General-Staff of Group-Command 3 (21 Jun 1937-12 Oct 1937)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 13th Division (12 Oct 1937-05 Feb 1940)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of XXXXI. Army-Corps (05 Feb 1940-15 Feb 1941)
Chief of the General Staff of LVII. Panzer-Corps (15 Feb 1941-15 Jul 1942)
Chief of the General Staff of the 4th Panzer-Army (15 Jul 1942-15 Jun 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Jun 1944-23 Aug 1944)
Commander of the 122nd Infantry-Division (23 Aug 1944-21 Feb 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of I. Army-Corps (21 Feb 1945-16 Mar 1945)
Commanding General of I. Army-Corps (16 Mar 1945-22 Apr 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (22 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
Chief of the German Liaison-Staff to the Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Reims (09 May 1945-24 May 1945)
In Captivity then Interned (24 May 1945-13 Mar 1948)
Released (13 Mar 1948)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 09.06.1944 als Generalleutnant und Chef des Generalstabs der 4. Panzerarmee
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 25.03.1942 als Oberst i.G. und Chef des Generalstabs des LVII. Armee-Korps (mot)
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden II. Stufe
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�
- �rmelband �Kurland�


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