Georg Jauer

Georg Jauer
Born	(1896-06-25)25 June 1896 Lissen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Łysiny, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
Died	Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	General der Panzertruppe
Commands held	20th Panzer Grenadier Division 25th Panzer Division Panzer Corps Großdeutschland
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Georg Jauer (25 June 1896 – 5 August 1971) was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Career

He joined the Imperial German Army in 1914 and served in the 15th Artillery Regiment in World War I as a Leutnant. He became an ordnance officer and was retained in the Reichswehr as an artillery officer and by 1935 he had reached the rank of Major. At the outbreak of World War II he was serving in the army personnel office as an Oberstleutnant. In March 1941 as an Oberst he was appointed the commander of the 29th Artillery Regiment and on 15 March 1942 he took command of the Artillery Regiment Großdeutschland.

In April 1943 after a spell in the leadership reserve he commanded the 20th Motorized Infantry and 20th Panzer Grenadier Division on promotion to generalmajor and took part in the Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket. He then led the 25th Panzer Division at the Battle of Kiev. On 12 March 1945 he was promoted to General der Panzertruppe as commander of the élite Panzer Corps Großdeutschland and continued to serve in this command until the German surrender. He was released from allied captivity in July 1947.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (2 July 1941)
  • 1st Class (20 July 1941)
• General Assault Badge
• German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as Oberst in Artillerie-Regiment 29
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 4 May 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 20. Panzergrenadier-Division
  • 733rd Oak Leaves on 10 February 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 20. Panzergrenadier-Division
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (26 July 1944)

Wehrmachtbericht reference

Date	Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording	Direct English translation
26 July 1944	Im Abschnitt einer Armee wurden in der Zeit vom 14. Bis 23. Juli 553 feindliche Panzer abgeschossen. Hierbei hat sich die hamburgische 20. Panzer-Grenadier-Division unter Führung des Generalleutnant Jauer besonders ausgezeichnet.	In an army sector, 553 enemy tanks were destroyed in the period from 14 to 23 July. There, the Hamburg 20th Panzer Grenadier Division under the command of Lieutenant-General Jauer has particularly excelled.

External links

• Georg Jauer @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009)
• Georg Jauer @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Georg Jauer @ World War 2 Awards.com

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Adolf von Schell	Commander of 25. Panzer-Division 15 November 1943 – 21 November 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Hans Tröger