Gustav Fehn

Gustav Fehn
Born	(1892-02-21)21 February 1892
Died	5 June 1945(1945-06-05) (aged 53) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	General der Panzertruppe
Commands held	5th Panzer Division Afrika Korps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav Fehn (21 February 1892 – 5 June 1945) was a German general during World War II and was the last commander of the Afrika Corps. He was appointed acting commander of the Afrikakorps in November 1942 and served as its last commander until 15 January 1943 when he was wounded. In this capacity he sent a final message to the High Command: “Ammunition exhausted. Equipment destroyed. In accordance with orders received, the Afrika Korps has fought to the last man”.

Afterwards, Fehn served in the LXXXVI Panzer Corps from July–August 1943, the XXI Army Corps from October 1943 - July 1944 and then the XV Mountain Corps in the Balkans until his surrender to Yugoslav partisans, who shot him without trial on 5 June 1945.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of Schützen-Regiment 33^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 303.

Bibliography

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Panzertruppe Joachim Lemelsen	Commander of 5. Panzer-Division 25 November 1940 – 10 August 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Eduard Metz
Preceded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser	Commander of XXVI. Armeekorps 1 July 1943 – 19 August 1943	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser
Preceded by General der Infanterie Rudolf Lüters	Commander of XXI. Gebirgs-Armeekorps 10 October 1943 – 31 July 1944	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser
Preceded by General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser	Commander of XV. Gebirgs-Armeekorps 1 August 1944 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by none dissolved on 8 May 1945

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 4th Panzer Division

Staff	Clemens Betzel (Oak Leaves) Willibald Freiherr von Langermann und Erlencamp¹ (Oak Leaves) Georg-Hans Reinhardt² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Dietrich von Saucken³ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Erich Schneider⁴ (Oak Leaves)

Brigades	Hermann Breith⁵ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld Heinrich Eberbach⁶ (Oak Leaves)

Regiments	Josef Beginen Hermann Bix Hans-Detloff von Cossel (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Eberbach (Oak Leaves) Gustav Fehn Erich Friedrich Erdmann Gabriel Gerlach von Gaudecker-Zuch Rüdiger Hertel Ernst-Wilhelm Hoffmann (Oak Leaves) Fritz Fessmann¹¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Gerhard Lange Meinrad von Lauchert ⁷ (Oak Leaves) Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz⁸ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Josef Karl (Oak Leaves) Hans-Joachim Kahler¹⁰ (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Kunert (Oak Leaves) Karl Mauss⁹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Werner Möller Reinhard Peters Werner Rode Fritz-Rudolf Schultz (Oak Leaves) Hans-Joachim Schulz-Merkel Kurt Schäfer

¹ Knight's Cross with the 29th Infantry Division. ² Oak Leaves, Swords with 3rd Panzer Army. ³ Diamonds with the AOK Ostpreußen. ⁴ Oak Leaves with the 14th Infantry Division ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 3rd Panzer Division, Swords with the III Panzer Corps. ⁷ Oak Leaves with 11th Panzer Division. ⁸ Oak Leaves with the 26th Panzer Division. ⁹ Knight's Cross with 10th Panzer Division, Swords and Diamonds with the 7th Panzer Division. ¹⁰ Oak Leaves with 12th Panzer Division. ¹¹ Oak Leaves with 14th Panzer Division, Swords with 5th Panzer Division.

Yugoslav World War II war crimes trials

December 1944 – May 1945
without trial

death	Werner von Erdmannsdorff Gustav Fehn Heinz Kattner Friedrich Stephan Georg Waue

Hungarian military officials
Vojvodina Supreme Court

death	László Deák Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner József Grassy Ferenc Szombathelyi

German police officials (3rd trial)
9–22 December 1946

death	Josef Eckert Wilhelm Fuchs Josef Hahn Hans Helm Richard Kaaserer August Meyszner Friedrich Polte Ludwig Teichmann Ernst Weimann

imprisoned	Ernst Hesterberg

German officers (4th trial) at Belgrade
5–13 February 1947 verdict 16 February

death	Johann Fortner Fritz Neidholdt Josef Hübler Adalbert Lontschar Alexander Löhr August Schmidhuber Günther Tribukait

German occupation officials in Serbia (5th trial)
Military Court of the Yugoslav 3rd Army at Belgrade

death	Rudolf Berg Walter Böhme Karl Freiherr von Bothmer Walter Firow Adolf Jostel Georg Kiessel Ernst Ludwig Langemann Schulze Franz Tritschler Harald Turner

German officers (6th trial) at Belgrade
5 April 1947

death	Hans Gravenstein Hartwig von Ludwiger Karl von Oberkamp Martin Fiebig

German officers held at Belgrade
22–31 October 1947

death	Hermann Behrends Heinrich Danckelmann

imprisoned	Franz Neuhausen

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