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词条 Johannes Poeppel
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

     Wehrmacht  Post-war  Bundeswehr 

  3. Personal life

  4. Bibliography

  5. References

  6. External links

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|name=Johannes Poeppel
|birth_date={{birth date|1921|7|20|df=y}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|2007|9|29|1921|7|20|df=y}}
|birth_place=Schivelbein, Farther Pomerania (today Świdwin, Poland)
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|placeofburial=
|image=Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F061334-0005, Bonn, Schmidt empfängt Heeresinspekteur Poeppel.jpg
|caption=Poeppel and German chancellor Helmut Schmidt in German Chancellery 1981
|nickname=Hans
|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}{{flag|Federal Republic of Germany}}
|serviceyears=1939–1945
1955 – 1981
|rank=Generalleutnant
|commands=Field Artillery Battalion 31
Panzergrenadierbrigade 1
6. Panzergrenadierdivision
Inspector of the Army
|unit=Artillerieregiment 32 (1939–1945)
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}}Johannes "Hans" Poeppel (20 July 1921 – 29 September 2007) was a general in the German Bundeswehr. He served as Inspekteur des Heeres (Inspector of the Army) 1979–81.[1]

Early life

Poeppel was born in Schivelbein, Farther Pomerania (today Świdwin, Poland) and passed his Abitur at a Napola institution in Berlin in 1939.[2]

Career

Wehrmacht

That year he passed his Abitur, Poeppel joined the Wehrmacht as an officer cadet and served in the Artillerieregiment 32 throughout the Second World War. By the end of the war, he had attained the rank of Hauptmann (captain), and managed to avoid Russian captivity.[1][3]

Post-war

In 1947–49, he studied at the Pedagogic Institute in Celle, including a semester at the University of Manchester. He started to work as a teacher in 1949 in Wriedel (Uelzen) and became an academic assistant at the Pedagogic University of Osnabrück in 1952.[3]

Bundeswehr

After the organization of the Bundeswehr in 1955, Poeppel volunteered and was reinstated at his former rank of captain. Poeppel passed his general staff training at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in 1958–61 and served on the Staff of the I. Korps in Münster. He became Staff Officer to the Generalinspekteure Friedrich Foertsch and Heinrich Trettner and commanded the Feldartilleriebataillon 31 in Lüneburg. In 1967–69, he worked at the Federal Ministry of Defense in Bonn.[3]

On 1 January 1970, Poeppel became the commander of Panzergrenadierbrigade 1 in Hildesheim until 31 March 1973 and until 31 March 1978 of the 6. Panzergrenadierdivision in Neumünster. There he was promoted to Generalmajor.[3]

On 1 April 1978 Poeppel returned to Bonn and became the Deputy Inspector of the Army and a year later Inspector (Inspekteur de sHeeres). Poeppel retired on 1 October 1981.[3]

Personal life

Poeppel was married in 1947 to Edelgard, "the girl next door" to him in Pomerania, and the couple had two children. Their son, Burkhardt, also became a Bundeswehr officer; their daughter, Susanne studied for an advanced degree at the Pädagogische Hochschule in Bonn. Poeppel was an able and ardent tennis player all his life.

Bibliography

  • Hans Poeppel, Wilhelm-Karl Prinz von Preußen, Karl-Günther von Hase, Die Soldaten der Wehrmacht, 6. Auflage, München 2000. {{ISBN|3-7766-2057-9}}

References

1. ^obituary of the Clausewitz-Gesellschaft
2. ^Wirtschaftswoche.de "Gelobt sei was hart macht" 20 May 2009 {{de icon}}
3. ^Biography at deutschesheer.de

External links

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