Post by Diarist on Aug 12, 2016 7:10:53 GMT 1
General Oswald Lutz is appointed as the first General der Panzertruppe of the Wehrmacht. Born on 06 November 1876 General Lutz oversaw the motorization of the German Army in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
He joined the Bavarian Army Railway Battalion as an officer cadet in 1894 and was commissioned as a Leutnant in the 1st Bavarian Engineer Battalion in 1896. After service in the German Imperial Army in Great War, he was retained in the Reichswehr, in which he attained the rank of Oberstleutnant in 1923, Oberst in 1928, and Generalmajor on 1 April 1931, upon his appointment as the Inspector of Motor Transport Troops.
On 1 October 1931, Oberstleutnant Heinz Guderian was appointed his chief-of-staff. Lutz then continued to oversee the motorization of the army, whilst Guderian created Germany's armoured forces and developed his influential Panzer theory, which was widely publicized. Major Walter Nehring joined them in January 1932 and further developed the Panzer strategy.
Lutz became a Generalleutnant on 1 February 1933, and promoted to General on 1 November 1935 with his appointment as the Head of Mechanized Forces.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Lutz
He joined the Bavarian Army Railway Battalion as an officer cadet in 1894 and was commissioned as a Leutnant in the 1st Bavarian Engineer Battalion in 1896. After service in the German Imperial Army in Great War, he was retained in the Reichswehr, in which he attained the rank of Oberstleutnant in 1923, Oberst in 1928, and Generalmajor on 1 April 1931, upon his appointment as the Inspector of Motor Transport Troops.
On 1 October 1931, Oberstleutnant Heinz Guderian was appointed his chief-of-staff. Lutz then continued to oversee the motorization of the army, whilst Guderian created Germany's armoured forces and developed his influential Panzer theory, which was widely publicized. Major Walter Nehring joined them in January 1932 and further developed the Panzer strategy.
Lutz became a Generalleutnant on 1 February 1933, and promoted to General on 1 November 1935 with his appointment as the Head of Mechanized Forces.
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Lutz