Joachim Huth

From Metapedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Joachim Huth
Joachim-Friedrich Huth.jpg
Birth date 31 July 1896(1896-07-31)
Place of birth Neuhof, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date 27 March 1962 (aged 65)
Place of death Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Place of burial Gatow landscape cemetery (Berlin)
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 National Socialist Germany
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
Freikorps Flag.jpg Freikorps
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Preliminary Reichswehr
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Reichswehr
Luftwaffe eagle.jpg Luftwaffe
Bundeswehr cross.png Bundeswehr (Luftwaffe)
Years of service 1914–1918
1919
1919–1920
1934–1935
1935–1945
1956–1961
Rank Lieutenant General (two-star general of the Wehrmacht)
Lieutenant General (three-star general of the Bundeswehr)
Commands held 26 (ZG 26)
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations Else Schulze (wife)
Joachim Huth (son; 1928–2018),[1] lawyer, judge, public prosecutor and Bundeswehr disciplinary lawyer (BwDA) at the Federal Administrative Court

Joachim Friedrich Huth (often wrongly Joachim-Friedrich; 31 July 1896 – 27 March 1962) was a German officer, finally Lieutenant General of the Bundeswehr and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War II.

Life

From left: Gerhard Schöpfel, Adolf Galland, Joachim Müncheberg and Joachim Huth
Joachim-Friedrich Huth (Bundeswehr).png
Joachim Huth, Friedhof Gatow (Berlin).jpg

Imperial German Army

  • 3 July 1914 to 6 June 1917: War volunteer, platoon and company leader in 3. Posensches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 58
  • Transferred to the Fliegertruppe and trained to be a pilot
  • 7 June 1917 to 23 March 1918: Pilot in Jagdstaffel 14 (Jasta 14)
    • Huth scored one confirmed aerial victory as a fighter pilot in World War I. On 28 January 1918, he shot down an observation balloon northeast of Septsaulx.

WWI wounds

  • 4 June 1915: 11th Company/III. Battalion/3. Posensches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 58, severely wounded
  • 4 September 1915: 9th Company/III. Battalion/3. Posensches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 58, severely wounded
  • 6 July 1917: Lightly wounded
  • 13 April 1918: Severely wounded, lower right leg amputated; [2] almost one year in military hospital and recuperation.

Post-WWI

  • 9 April 1919: Returned to the infantry, but soon served with the Freikorps
  • 31 March 1920: Retired

Luftwaffe

  • 1 March 1934: Returned to military service with the Luftwaffe of the Reichswehr (the air force had not yet been exposed)
  • 1 March 1934 to 31 March 1937: Officer for special duties (z. b. V.) in the Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM)
  • 1 April 1937 to 31 October 1937: Transferred to the staff of the Jagdgeschwader [Fighter Wing--JG] 132.
  • 1 November 1937 to 31 January 1939: Group Commander in JG 132 "Richthofen."
  • 1 February 1939 to 13 December 1939: Commander of I. Group/Zerstörergeschwader [Fighter-Destroyer Wing--ZG] 1 equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 110 heavy fighters
  • 14 December 1939 to 1 November 1940: Commander of ZG 26 "Horst Wessel"
  • 2 November 1940 to 31 July 1941: Commander of Zerstörerschule [Fighter-Destroyer School] 2 in Memmingen
  • 1 August 1941 to 16 August 1942: Jagdfliegerführer [Fighter Commander] 2
    • After the start of the Western Campaign, Jagdfliegerführer 2 took on offensive tasks over the Benelux countries and northern France in addition to airspace defense. After the end of the campaign, the staff moved to Wissant in July 1940. There he had the task of leading the fighter units of Air Fleet 2 in the Battle of Britain. When this ended in the spring of 1941 without the set goals being achieved, most of the fighter wings left France and moved east or to the Mediterranean. From mid-1941, Jagdgfliegerführer 2 and his remaining units had to secure the northern French English Channel coast against Allied incursions. In February 1942, the units of Jagdfliegerführer 2 secured the breakthrough of the German battleships "Scharnhorst", "Gneisenau" and the heavy cruiser "Prinz Eugen" through the English Channel, the Operation Cerberus (Unternehmen „Cerberus“). Moved to Le Touquet in June 1941. On 19 August 1942, the units of Jagdfliegerführer 2 were involved in repelling the landing near Dieppe, the failed Allied amphibious attack (Schlacht von Dieppe).
  • 17 August 1942 to 10 November 1943: Commander of 4. Jagd-Division [Fighter Division]
  • 11 November 1943 to 5 February 1944: Commander of 5. Jagd-Division
  • 6 February 1944 to 30 November 1944: Commander of 7. Jagd-Division
  • 30 November 1944 to 17 February 1945: Delegated with the leadership of I. Jagd-Korps [Fighter Corps]
    • 26 January 1945: At the same time Commanding General of the disbanding II. Jagd-Korps, his predecessor Dietrich Peltz took over the IX. Fliegerkorps; The staff of the II. Jagd-Korps was used to set up the 14th and 15th Aviation Divisions.

Wehrmachtbericht reference

Date Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording Direct English translation
Monday, 19 August 1940 An mehreren Stellen entwickelten sich heftige Luftkämpfe, in deren Verlauf unsere Zerstörer und Jäger dem Feind schwere Verluste beibrachten. Das Zerstörergeschwader 26 „Horst Wessel“ unter der Führung seines Kommodore, Oberstleutnant Huth, schoß allein an diesem Tage 51 Flugzeuge ab. Heavy aerial battles broke out in many places. Our destroyers and fighters infringed heavy losses on the enemy during their course. The Destroyer Wing 26 "Horst Wessel," under the leadership of their commodore, Oberstleutnant Huth, alone shot down 51 aircraft on this day.

POW

  • 7 May 1945 to 1947: British prisoner of war
    • 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
    • 5th August 1946 transferred to Camp 99 from Island Farm Special Camp 11
    • 18th September 1946 to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 99
    • 25th November 1947 repatriated[3]

Bundeswehr

  • 5 November 1956: Returned to military service with the post-World War II German Bundeswehr (Luftwaffe)
  • 5 November 1956 to 9 December 1957: Commander of the Luftwaffe School, Fürstenfeldbruck
  • 10 December 1957 to 30 September 1961: Commanding General of Luftwaffe Group South (Kommandierender General Luftwaffengruppe Süd) in Karlsruhe
  • 30 September 1961: Retired from the Luftwaffe

Promotions

  • Leutnant der Reserve / 2nd Lieutenant of the Reserves: 4 January 1915
  • Charakter als Oberleutnant der Reserve / Honorary 1st Lieutenant: 31 March 1920
  • Hauptmann / Captain: 1 March 1934
  • Major: 1 October 1936
  • Oberstleutnant / Lieutenant Colonel: 1 January 1939
  • Oberst / Colonel: 1 November 1940
  • Generalmajor / Major General: 1 April 1943
  • Generalleutnant / Lieutenant General: 1 July 1944

Bundeswehr

  • Generalmajor (Bundeswehr): 5 November 1956
  • Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr): 31 October 1959

Awards and decorations

Gallery

  • Oberst Joachim Huth.jpg
  • Major General Huth with night fighter pilots of the 2nd Group of the Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 in August 1943.jpg
  • Joachim Huth (left).jpg
  • Joachim-Friedrich Huth II.jpg
  • Joachim Huth as a British POW.jpg
  • The general's son Joachim Huth (1928–2018).png

References

  1. ↑ Hüter des Huth-Hauses. Die Evangelische Dorfkirchengemeinde Gatow weihte ihr saniertes Erbe ein
  2. ↑ Joachim Huth, Verlustlisten 1. Weltkrieg
  3. ↑ Generalleutnant Joachim-Friedrich Huth (Luftwaffe)
  4. ↑ Huth, Joachim-Friedrich (Generalleutnant)
Retrieved from "http://en.metapedia.org/m/index.php?title=Joachim_Huth&oldid=516659"