- Carl Hilpert
Infobox Military Person
name=Carl Hilpert
lived=12 September ,1888 –24 December ,1948
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placeofbirth=Nuremberg ,Bavaria
placeofdeath=Moscow ,Soviet Union
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allegiance=Nazi Germany
branch=Army
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rank=Generaloberst
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awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=Carl Hilpert (
12 September 1888 –24 December 1948 ) was an officer in the German Army ("Wehrmacht Heer ") duringWorld War II .Hilpert was born in
Nuremberg ,Bavaria .Command history
* Commanding Officer - Tübingen Regiment - 1935
* Commanding Officer - 35th Regiment - 1935 to 1937
* Chief-of-Staff - IX Corps - 1937 to 1939
* Chief-of-Staff - Army Detachment A - 1939
* Chief-of-Staff - Frontier Section South, Poland - 1939 to 1940
* Chief-of-Staff - 1st Army, France - 1940
* Chief-of-Staff - Army Group D, Occupied France - 1940 to 1942
* Chief-of-Staff - Commander in Chief West, Occupied France - 1941 to 1942
* In reserve - 1942
* Acting General Officer Commanding - LIX Corps - 1942
* General Officer Commanding - XXIII Corps - 1942 to 1943
* General Officer Commanding - LIV Corps - 1943
* General Officer Commanding - XXVI Corps - 1943
* General Officer Commanding - I Corps -1 January to20 January 1944
* General Officer Commanding - I Corps -1 May to1 August 1944
* Acting General Officer Commanding - 16th Army, Eastern Front - 1944 to 1945
* Acting Commander-in-Chief -Army Group North , Eastern Front - 1945
* Deputy Commander-in-Chief -Army Group Courland , Eastern Front - 1945
* General Officer Commanding - 16th Army, Eastern Front - 1945
* Commander-in-Chief - Army Group Courland, Eastern Front -25 March to8 May 1945
* Prisoner of war - 1945 to 1948Courland Pocket
On
7 May 1945 ,Head of State ("Staatsoberhaupt") and German President ("Reichspräsident ")Karl Dönitz orderedColonel-General ("Generaloberst ") Carl Hilpert, to surrenderArmy Group Courland . Hilpert was the army group's last commander-in-chief. [http://eng.9may.ru/eng_inform/m9004262 May 12nd, 1945 (From the Soviet Information Bureau Our Victory)] part of theRIA Novosti [http://eng.9may.ru/eng_press/ 60 anniversary of surrender project] notes that Hilpert was commander of the XXXVIII Corps, it explains why only 3 divisions surrenderd with him] Hilpert surrendered himself, his personal staff, and three divisions of the XXXVIII Corps toMarshal of the Soviet Union Leonid Govorov . Hilpert sent the following message to his troops:"To all ranks! Marshall Govorod (sic) has agreed to a cease-fire beginning at 14:00 hours on 8 May. Troops to be informed immediately. White flags to be displayed. Commander expects loyal implemenation of order, on which the fate of all
Courland troops depends." [ Hans Dollinger "'The Decline an Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan" -, Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 67-27047, Page 290]Aftermath
In 1947, Hilpert died in
Moscow , theSoviet Union .References
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
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