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'''Ernst Fritz Arthur Hauffe''' (7 January 1894 – 19 November 1963) was a [[Germans|German]] officer, finally General of the Infantry of the [[Wehrmacht]], commanding general of an army corps and [[recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] in [[World War II]].
==Life==
After achieving his [[Abitur]] in Altenburg (Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg), Hauffe joined the 2nd Upper Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 171 as an officer candidate on 25 April 1912 and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in December 1913. With the outbreak of the [[First World War]], he and his regiment were sent to the front. From 24 June 1915, Hauffe served as battalion [[adjutant]] in the Replacement Infantry Regiment No. 29, the former Regiment "von Rath" under Leopold Richard Gustav Ludwig von Rath (1864–1939), now under Colonel Wilhelm Friedrich Alberti (1853–1933). There, he served as deputy regimental adjutant from 22 November 1915, and as regimental adjutant from 29 November 1915. In this position, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in January 1917. As such, he was transferred to the General Staff of the Commander-in-Chief East on 7 December 1917 where he was appointed orderly officer.
