Arthur Bopp
(12.12.1860 - 30.10.1928)
place of birth:  Stuttgart
Königreich Württemberg:  Bde-Kdr,  Generalmajor ch. z.D. (Kav)


Royal Württemberg cavalry officer Arthur Bopp commanded a Landwehr Brigade during the final few months of World War One. Bopp joined a Württemberg Uhlan cavalry regiment in 1880 and by 1908 was in command of a cavalry regiment. He retired from active duty one year later but in 1910 was recalled and dispatched to Turkey. He served there for two years as an Oberst (Albay) in command of an Ottoman Army cavalry regiment. After returning to Germany, once again as a retiree, Bopp was brevetted as an Oberst.

Within a few months, Bopp was once again reactivated in August 1914 to march to War in command of a Prussian Landwehr regiment. For his exemplary leadership and bravery, he was awarded in September 1915 the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of Württemberg's highest military order - the K.W. Militär-Verdienst-Orden. In October 1915, Colonel Bopp deployed to Constantinople, Turkey to once again serve on the general staff of Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz. As elements of the Ottoman 6. Armee became engaged in Persia, Bopp was tasked with heading up covert tactical operations against the British while organizing the Persian military resistance forces. Headquartered in Kermanshah, western Persia, he had an additional mission to develop eastward lines of communication for a planned German military expedition to Kabul, Afghanistan.

With none of these plans being realized, Bopp was returned to Germany in order to assume command of 52. Landwehr-Infanterie-Brigade. While engaged against the Red Army near Taganrog in June 1918, troops under Bopp's command reportedly executed over 3,000 Bolshevik prisoners of war. This atrocity had no apparent career consequences for Bopp, who retained his brigade command and was later promoted to brevet Generalmajor.

	Generalmajor	08.11.1918  (charakter)
	Württemberg MVO	13.09.1915  Ritter