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Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
| Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin | |
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| Born | 4 September 1891 Waldshut |
| Died | 9 January 1963 (aged 71) Freiburg |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Heer |
| Rank | General der Panzertruppe |
| Commands held | 17. Panzer-Division XIV. Panzerkorps |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Relations | Ferdinand Maria von Senger und Etterlin |
Fridolin Rudolf Theodor von Senger und Etterlin (September 4, 1891 – January 9, 1963) was a German general during World War II.
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Biography
Frido von Senger und Etterlin was born in Waldshut, Germany, into an aristocratic Roman Catholic family. He started his military career in 1910, serving in an artillery regiment. After that he went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He participated in World War I as a lieutenant.
World War I
After World War I, he continued to serve in the Reichswehr as a squadron commander of 18th Cavalry Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of captain in 1927, to lieutenant-colonel in 1936 and to colonel in 1939, while commanding the 22nd Cavalry Regiment.
World War II
During the Battle of France, von Senger und Etterlin commanded the Schnelle Brigade von Senger (fast Brigade),and was part of the German commission for the French-Italian Armistice of 1940. On September 1, 1941, he was promoted to Generalmajor (brigadier-general).
On October 10, 1942, von Senger und Etterlin received the command of the 17th Panzer Division in Southern Russia. On May 1, 1943, he was promoted to Generalleutnant (major-general). In June 1943 he received the command of the German forces in Sicily during the Battle of Sicily. In August 1943, he commanded German formations on the islands of Sardinia and Corsica. He conducted the evacuation from all of these islands when the German position there became untenable. On October 8, 1943, he received the command of the XIV Panzer Korps in Italy, and on January 1, 1944, he was promoted to General der Panzertruppen (lieutenant-general of armoured troops).
During the Battle of Monte Cassino, von Senger und Etterlin was responsible for the very successful defense of the Gustav Line, which included Monte Cassino. The German position was only broken by the Allies in May, 1944.[1] There was an ironic twist to the battle: the monastery overlooking the town of Cassino which was destroyed by Allied bombing belonged to the Benedictines, the order of which von Senger was a lay member.[2] Before the battle Gen. von Senger und Etterlin successfully employed the transportation facilities of, among others, the Hermann Goering Panzer Division, to evacuate the treasures of the monastery. During the several days of this action none of the trucks were attacked. There seems to have been considerable communication between the warring headquarters at this time.
Frido von Senger und Etterlin was one of the generals who opposed the principles of Nazism, but he was not implicated in the plot to kill Hitler. However, his known anti-Nazi feelings resulted in his contribution to the defence of Cassino being played down by the German authorities.[2]
After the war he wrote his memoirs, entitled Neither Fear nor Hope (which were translated into English), and he continued to write on military matters and theory.
He took part in a BBC Radio discussion on the Battle of Monte Cassino with Dan Davin, who had also been a Rhodes Scholar, and Desmond (Paddy) Costello, who like Davin had been in Allied corps commander Bernard Freyberg’s intelligence team. He was interviewed on the BBC TV programme Face to Face in 1960.
Frido von Senger und Etterlin died in Freiburg. He was the father of Bundeswehr General and military author Ferdinand Maria von Senger und Etterlin (1923–1987).
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 8 February 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 17. Panzer-Division
- Oak Leaves on 5 April 1944 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general XIV. Panzerkorps (439th recipient)
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 5 October 1943
See also
Notes
- ^ Fridd von Senger und Etterlin (sic) "Cassino Battles", An Cosantoir, n.d.
- ^ a b Majdalany (1957), p. 46
References
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- Majdalany, Fred (1957). Cassino: Portrait of a Battle. London: Longmans, Green.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000), Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Schaulen, Fritjof (2005). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe III Radusch - Zwernemann (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-22-X.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- von Senger und Etterlin, Fridolin (1963). Neither fear nor hope: the wartime career of general Frido von Senger und Etterlin, defender of Cassino. translated from the German by George Malcolm. London: Macdonald.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Generalleutnant Rudolf-Eduard Licht |
Commander of 17th Panzer Division October 10, 1942 - June 16, 1943 |
Succeeded by Generalleutnant Walter Schilling |
| Preceded by General der Panzertruppen Joachim Lemelsen |
Commander of 14. Armee October 15, 1944 - October 24, 1944 |
Succeeded by General der Artillerie Heinz Ziegler |
Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1963 deaths
- German military writers
- German nobility
- German military personnel of World War I
- German military personnel of World War II
- Wehrmacht generals
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross
- Military personnel referenced in the Wehrmachtbericht
- German Rhodes scholars
- People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
