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Paulus
Alfred Wilhelm von Stolzmann
(01.04.1863 - 05.08.1930)
place of birth: Stolberg, Harz
Königreich
Preußen: AOK-Stabschef,
Generalleutnant
General
Paulus von Stolzmann served during the Great War as Chief of
General Staff for Alexander von Linsingen's , the Army of
the South Army.
Working as a regimental commander in the months leading up to Mobilization,
Stolzmann was immediately sent to oversee General von Boehn's IX.
Reserve Corps headquarters, based along the North Sea coast as a part
of the Army of the North. The corps moved into
northern Belgium by the end of August in order to help prevent von
Kluck's First Army from being outflanked during the "Race to the
Sea".
In January 1915, von Stolzmann was transferred
East to Muncacz, Hungary (present-day Mukacheve,
Ukraine) to head up General von Linsingen's staff at the Südarmee
headquarters. With the German troops successfully engaged in a series
of battles in the Carpathian Mountains region, von
Stolzmann was recognized in July 1915 with the Pour le Merite
for his outstanding leadership during the campaign. He was then transferred to L'viv
to head up the general staff for General Linsingen's Army
of the Bug, a force later known as Army Group
Linsingen. From July 1916 through August 1918, General von
Stolzmann was in charge of 78th Reserve Division forces. Iniitially
entrenched near Dünaberg
(Daugavpils, Latvia), the unit was redeployed in April 1917 to Alsace,
France, and then along the River Aisne. They
conducted well-planned operations during the summer of 1917 at Chemin
des Dames and near Vauxaillon. Fighting
alongside Armeeabteilung C troops between the Meuse
and Moselle rivers, von Stolzmann's division
engaged U.S. soldiers in April
1918 near Remieres Forrest,
handing the Yanks one of their few defeats of the Conflict.
Generalleutnant von Stolzmann took over the
reigns of the 16th Infantry Division in August 1918, returningn with
those soldiers back to the German homeland for demobilization. After
the signing of the Armistice, von Stolzmann served in 1920-21 as the
commander of Wehrkreis IV and the 4th Infantry Division. He ultimately
was promoted to General der Infanterie before retiring from active
duty. His son, also name Paulus, served as Nazi Germany's Ambassador in
Washington DC and Chicago during the Second World War.
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Generalleutnant |
01.07.1918 |
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Pour
le Mérite |
07.07.1915 |
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Militär-Max-Joseph |
21.07.1915
Kommandeur |
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