Döhren, Georg von.

Döhren, Georg von, born on 23-05-1884, in Hamburg, son of Georg jr. von Döhren and Clara Louisa, born, Ludolf, joined the Army as a Fahnenjunker on 16-09-1903, age 20, in the 49^th Infantry Regiment. Georg was on the battlefields of the first war, retired on 14-10-1919 and joined the Police Service . Döhren was reactivated in the fast growing Reichswehr  and at the outbreak of World War II, he as an Oberst was commander of the 313^th Infantry Regiment. He run the ranks from 1905, Leutnant.1914 Oberleutnant, 1915, Hauptmann, 1934, Polizei-Oberst, 1941, and he on 01-07-1941 is promoted to Generalmajor and delegated with the command of the new formed 712^th Infantry Division , from 03-05-1941 until 16-04-1942, in France. He is succeeded by Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Friedrich Wilhelm Neumann

  The 712th Infantry Division was raised in early 1941 as part of the 15th wave of Wehrmacht forces, and was moved to occupied France along the demarcation line with Vichy France. In the spring of 1942, it was moved to the Low Countries, where it occupied the area around Zeebrugge.From August/September 1942 until September 1944 the division was part of the 89th Army Corps, a part of Army Group B’s 15th Army, in order to counter the Allied invasion of France; the 89th Corps was stationed along the Belgian coast at the time in order to prevent further amphibious assaults. It was considered by the Germans that an Allied attack on Belgium (if not France) was far more likely than one on the Netherlands; as such, infantry divisions were more concentrated here. In September 1944, the division was defending the banks of the Sheldt river near Antwerp when it was attacked by Poles serving under General Guy Simonds.

   After suffering heavy casualties when the Allied forces made their way into the Netherlands. Von Döhren lost his command to General Joachim von Siegroth   Joachim von Siegroth was listed as missing in action during the Battle of Halbe, age 48, in May 1945. Neumann lands in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know) to 01-06-1942. Von Döhren then becomes commander of the POW’s Military District VI. He is in the infamous Reserve again on 16-04-1944 and not useful for Hitler’s war fare retired on 31-01-1945, age 60 (see Alois Hitler)

    (see William Hitler).

Death and burial ground of Döhren, Georg von.