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Hasso von Manteuffel began his military career during the First World War. In 1919, he joined the Freikorps and then the newly created Reichswehr. In February 1937 he joined the Panzer Troop Command of the OKH, and in February 1939 became a senior professor at Panzer Troop School II in Berlin.
In early 1943, Manteuffel was sent to Africa, where on 5 February he became the commander of the Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, serving in 5th Panzer Army. Here Manteuffel took part in the Battle of Tunisia. Manteuffel assumed command of the 7th Panzer Division on 22 August 1943 and was posted to the Eastern Front, which had by then collapsed following the Battle of Kursk and the resulting Soviet counteroffensive. The division retreated during the resulting Battle of the Dnieper.
On 1 September 1944, Manteuffel was promoted to General of Panzer Troops and given command of the 5th Panzer Army on the Western Front, which took part in the Ardennes Offensive. Manteuffel's 5th Panzer Army achieved the deepest penetration of Allied lines during the offensive, almost reaching the Meuse River, and engaging the U.S. forces at the Battle of Bastogne. On 10 March 1945 Manteuffel was made the commander of the 3rd Panzer Army on the Eastern Front, attached to Army Group Vistula. His army was assigned to defend the banks of the Oder River north of the Seelow Heights. On 25 April the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front broke through Third Panzer Army's line, forcing a German retreat. On 3 May 1945 Manteuffel surrendered his troops to the British Army at Hagenow, Germany.
At first Manteuffel was interned at the British-administered Island Farm Special Camp 11 for high-ranking Wehrmacht officers. In 1946 he was handed over to the Americans and took part in the U.S. Army Historical Division project, for which he produced a monograph on the mobile warfare aspect of the Ardennes Offensive.
After his release in December 1946, he entered politics and was a representative of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1957. In 1957 he joined the German Party. In the early 1950s Manteuffel advised on the redevelopment of the Bundeswehr.
Manteuffel was charged in 1959 for having a deserter shot in 1944 (he reversed the court martial's original verdict of imprisonment and decided for a death sentence, using the Führer Order No.7 as a basis). He was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Alaric Searle comments that Manteuffel exceeded his powers as a divisional commander, but at the same time:
"Manteuffel's purely military arguments—that signs of disintegration had appeared on other sectors of the front, that the night before the incident a case of desertion had occurred, and that his division's task, in a precarious situation, was to help protect a critical evacuation point—would probably have been accepted in most other Western countries as justifying his action."
Searle agrees with Hermann Balck's comment that such a trial would be "unthinkable" for a French or British officer.[1]
He spoke eloquent English; in 1968 he lectured at the United States Military Academy at West Point, speaking about combat in deep snow conditions and worked as a technical adviser on war films. He was interviewed in The World at War episode 19 - "Pincers" (August 1944 – March 1945) in 1973. Manteuffel died in 1978.
Awardsedit
Iron Cross (1914):[2] 2nd Class (13 October 1916) & 1st Class (2 May 1917)[3]
^Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the Debate on Rearmament, 1949-1959. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 260–261. ISBN9780275979683. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN978-3-9501307-0-6.
Reichswehrministerium, ed. (1924). Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres (in German). Berlin, Germany: Mittler & Sohn Verlag. OCLC 10573418.
Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the Debate on Rearmament, 1949–1959. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. ISBN978-0-275-97968-3.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN978-3-938845-17-2.
Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN978-3-7648-2300-9.
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German May 2019 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 9 142 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Hasso von Manteuffel see its history for attribution You may also add the template Translated de Hasso von Manteuffel to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Hasso von Manteuffel news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message Freiherr Hasso Eccard von Manteuffel 14 January 1897 24 September 1978 was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army He was a recipient of the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany Hasso von ManteuffelManteuffel in May 1944Born 1897 01 14 14 January 1897Potsdam Kingdom of Prussia German EmpireDied24 September 1978 1978 09 24 aged 81 Reith AustriaAllegiance German Empire 1908 1918 Weimar Republic 1918 1933 Nazi Germany 1933 1945 Service wbr branch Imperial German Army Reichsheer German ArmyYears of service1916 1945RankGeneral der PanzertruppeCommands held5th Panzer ArmyPanzer Division GrossdeutschlandBattles warsWorld War I World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Tunisia Battle of the Dnieper Battle of the Bulge Battle of the Seelow Heights Battle of BerlinAwardsKnight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Swords and DiamondsOther workPolitician After the war he was elected to the Bundestag West German legislature and was the defense policy spokesman of the Free Democratic Party A proponent of West German rearmament he was responsible for coining the new name for the post World War II West German armed forces the Bundeswehr Contents 1 Early career 2 World War II 3 Post war 4 Awards 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 Bibliography 6 External linksEarly career editHasso von Manteuffel began his military career during the First World War In 1919 he joined the Freikorps and then the newly created Reichswehr In February 1937 he joined the Panzer Troop Command of the OKH and in February 1939 became a senior professor at Panzer Troop School II in Berlin World War II editDuring Operation Barbarossa Manteuffel commanded a battalion in the 7th Panzer Division in the Army Group Centre In early 1943 Manteuffel was sent to Africa where on 5 February he became the commander of the Division von Broich von Manteuffel serving in 5th Panzer Army Here Manteuffel took part in the Battle of Tunisia Manteuffel assumed command of the 7th Panzer Division on 22 August 1943 and was posted to the Eastern Front which had by then collapsed following the Battle of Kursk and the resulting Soviet counteroffensive The division retreated during the resulting Battle of the Dnieper Manteuffel was appointed commander of the Grossdeutschland Division on 1 February 1944 The division engaged the Red Army west of Kirovograd then retreated across Ukraine In late July Grossdeutschland was ordered to East Prussia following the collapse of Army Group Centre in Soviet Operation Bagration The division failed to break through to the Army Group North in the Courland Pocket On 1 September 1944 Manteuffel was promoted to General of Panzer Troops and given command of the 5th Panzer Army on the Western Front which took part in the Ardennes Offensive Manteuffel s 5th Panzer Army achieved the deepest penetration of Allied lines during the offensive almost reaching the Meuse River and engaging the U S forces at the Battle of Bastogne On 10 March 1945 Manteuffel was made the commander of the 3rd Panzer Army on the Eastern Front attached to Army Group Vistula His army was assigned to defend the banks of the Oder River north of the Seelow Heights On 25 April the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front broke through Third Panzer Army s line forcing a German retreat On 3 May 1945 Manteuffel surrendered his troops to the British Army at Hagenow Germany Post war edit nbsp Manteuffel right discussing the Battle of St Vith with US Army General Bruce C Clarke in 1965 At first Manteuffel was interned at the British administered Island Farm Special Camp 11 for high ranking Wehrmacht officers In 1946 he was handed over to the Americans and took part in the U S Army Historical Division project for which he produced a monograph on the mobile warfare aspect of the Ardennes Offensive After his release in December 1946 he entered politics and was a representative of the Free Democratic Party of Germany FDP in the German Bundestag from 1953 to 1957 In 1957 he joined the German Party In the early 1950s Manteuffel advised on the redevelopment of the Bundeswehr Manteuffel was charged in 1959 for having a deserter shot in 1944 he reversed the court martial s original verdict of imprisonment and decided for a death sentence using the Fuhrer Order No 7 as a basis He was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in prison Alaric Searle comments that Manteuffel exceeded his powers as a divisional commander but at the same time Manteuffel s purely military arguments that signs of disintegration had appeared on other sectors of the front that the night before the incident a case of desertion had occurred and that his division s task in a precarious situation was to help protect a critical evacuation point would probably have been accepted in most other Western countries as justifying his action Searle agrees with Hermann Balck s comment that such a trial would be unthinkable for a French or British officer 1 He spoke eloquent English in 1968 he lectured at the United States Military Academy at West Point speaking about combat in deep snow conditions and worked as a technical adviser on war films He was interviewed in The World at War episode 19 Pincers August 1944 March 1945 in 1973 Manteuffel died in 1978 Awards editIron Cross 1914 2 2nd Class 13 October 1916 amp 1st Class 2 May 1917 3 Austrian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class 4 Bavarian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class 4 The Honour Cross of the World War 1914 1918 Panzer Badge in Silver 4 War Merit Cross 2nd Class 22 July 1941 amp 1st Class 1 August 1941 3 Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class amp 1st Class Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Swords and Diamonds Knight s Cross on 31 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Schutzen Regiment 6 5 Oak Leaves on 23 November 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 7 Panzer Division 5 Swords on 22 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 7 Panzer Division 5 Diamonds on 18 February 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commander in chief of 5 Panzerarmee 5 References editCitations edit Searle Alaric 2003 Wehrmacht Generals West German Society and the Debate on Rearmament 1949 1959 Greenwood Publishing Group pp 260 261 ISBN 9780275979683 Retrieved 19 May 2019 Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres p 182 a b Thomas 1998 p 57 a b c Berger 1999 p 205 a b c d Scherzer 2007 p 526 Bibliography edit Berger Florian 1999 Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern Die hochstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges With Oak Leaves and Swords The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War in German Vienna Austria Selbstverlag Florian Berger ISBN 978 3 9501307 0 6 Reichswehrministerium ed 1924 Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres in German Berlin Germany Mittler amp Sohn Verlag OCLC 10573418 Searle Alaric 2003 Wehrmacht Generals West German Society and the Debate on Rearmament 1949 1959 Westport CT Praeger Publishers ISBN 978 0 275 97968 3 Scherzer Veit 2007 Die Ritterkreuztrager 1939 1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer Luftwaffe Kriegsmarine Waffen SS Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbundeter Streitkrafte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives The Knight s Cross Bearers 1939 1945 The Holders of the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army Air Force Navy Waffen SS Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives in German Jena Germany Scherzers Militaer Verlag ISBN 978 3 938845 17 2 Thomas Franz 1998 Die Eichenlaubtrager 1939 1945 Band 2 L Z The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939 1945 Volume 2 L Z in German Osnabruck Germany Biblio Verlag ISBN 978 3 7648 2300 9 External links editHasso von Manteuffel in the German National Library catalogue Meyer Georg 1990 Manteuffel Hasso von Neue Deutsche Biographie in German vol 16 Berlin Duncker amp Humblot p 92 full text online Newspaper clippings about Hasso von Manteuffel in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW Military offices Preceded byGeneralmajor Friedrich Freiherr von Broich Commander of Division von Manteuffel7 February 1943 31 March 1943 Succeeded byGeneralleutnant Karl Bulowius Preceded byOberst Wolfgang Glasemer Commander of 7th Panzer Division20 August 1943 January 1944 Succeeded byGeneralmajor Adelbert Schulz Preceded byGeneralleutnant Walter Hornlein Commander of Panzergrenadier Division Grossdeutschland27 January 1944 1 September 1944 Succeeded byOberst Karl Lorenz Preceded bySS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich Commander of 5th Panzer Army9 September 1944 8 March 1945 Succeeded byGeneraloberst Josef Harpe Preceded byGeneraloberst Erhard Raus Commander of 3rd Panzer Army10 March 1945 8 May 1945 Succeeded by none Portal nbsp BiographyHasso von Manteuffel at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hasso von Manteuffel amp oldid 1206663682, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
