Herudt von Rhode, Hans Detlef

Herudt von Rhode, Hans, born 23-09-1899, ten years after Adolf Hitler (did you know), joined the Army Service, age 18, on 30-09-1917 in the 1^st Guards Artillery Regiment and retired on 31-10-1929 as a Oberleutnant. He reactivated to the Army Service and detached to the 8^th Mountain Regiment. He was transferred to the Luftwaffe Service  as a Flying Captain with the German Air Sport Formation, the secretly and camouflaged, Luftwaffe in Russia. With the outbreak of World War II Herhudt von Rohden was detached to Instruction Wing I to 30-09-1939. He was Course Leader at the Air War Academy in Berlin, Gatow, Gatow the airport from which Robert Ritter von Greim   and Hanna Reitsch

   started to the Führerbunker at the end of the war

, Von Greim became the successor of Hermann Goering  (did you know), who felt in disfavour. Following commander of Bomber Wing 4, General Walther Wever  to 26-07-1940, General Wever crashed in 1936, age 48. Assigned as Chief of Staff of the IV Flying Corps to 30-09-1941 and of the IX Corps to 12-08-1942. Appointed to Chief of Air Fleet 4 until 28-02-1943 and of the Air Fleet I to 30-09-1943. Herhudt was promoted to Generalmajor on 01-10-1943. Chief of the 8^th Department in Luftwaffe General Staff until 01-04-1945. Delegated with the Formation of a Luftwaffe Catch Staff with the High Command of the Parachute Army until 01-05-1945.

Herhudt landed in American captivity until his release on 26-11-1947. His son Wolf Dietrich was, age 17, missed in action in January 1945. Living in Wiesbaden as tens of other WWII famous men, Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Kommandeur 170^th Infanterie Division , Franz Bentivegni, General der Infanterie, Kommandeur der LXIII Heeresgruppe, Ernst Dehner, Generalleutnant der Kavallerie, Jurist Reichs Kriegsgericht, Friedrich Eberhardt, Generalleutant der Infanterie, Kommandeur der 172^nd Division, Kurt Fischer, Generalleutnant der Infanterie, Commander of POW’s in area Wehrmacht Commander Eastern Territories, Victor Gaissert, Generalmajor der Artillerie, Kommandeur der Raketten Artillerie Truppe, Ernst Graewe, Generalleutnant der Flieger, Kommandeur Luftwaffe Versorgung, Friedrich Hanesse,

 , General der Flieger, Erich von Keiser, Generalleutnant der Flieger, Leader of firing Commission with the Air Fleet Reich, in Wiesbaden, Erich Homberg, Generalmajor der Flieger, Commander of POW’s Military District III, Herbert Giese, Generaloberst der Infanterie, Kommandeur der 15^th Division, D-Day, Hans von Salmuth,  Generalmajor der Wehrmacht, Friedrich von Unger,  Generalleutnant der Wehrmacht, Chef des Generalstabes vom Generalkommando XXXIII: Armeekorps, Bruno Uthmann, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Command of the X Army, Hanns Adolf Voigt, Generalmajor der Flieger, 8^th Department der Luftwaffe, Horst Voigt Ruscheweyh  and Vice Admiral, Marineattaché, Ralf von Marwitz.