Draft:Werner Drews
Werner Drews | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 1914 Bannaskeim, East Prussia |
| Died | 23 November 1974 (aged 60) Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Allegiance |  Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany |
| Service | Reichswehr (1932-35) Wehrmacht (1935-45) Bundeswehr (1955-72) |
| Years of service | 1932–45, 1955–72 |
| Rank | |
| Unit | 1st Cavalry Regiment 11th Panzer Division Blank Office |
| Commands | Kampfgruppenschule II 2nd Panzergrenadier Division Territorialkommando Süd |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | German Cross in Gold (1945) Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1972) |
Werner Willi Drews (23 January 1916 – 19 December 1997) was a German military officer who served in both the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War and in the West German Bundeswehr.
Early Life and Career
[edit]Werner Drews was born on on March 16, 1914 in Bannaskeim in the Rastenburg district of East Prussia. After his graduation from a humanistic grammer school he joined the Reichswehr in 1932 being assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment based in Tilsit. In 1934 after attending the Reichswehr Infantry School in Dresden and the Cavalry School in Hannover Drews was promoted to Lieutenant and spent the next several years as a platoon leader in the 1st Cavalry Regiment while also teaching at the Dresden Infantry School.[1][2]
By 1938 he was commander of a cavalry squadron which he led during the first year of war before being transferred to teach at a Kriegsschule in 1940. Over the course of the rest of the war Drews served as a staff office in various units before being assigned as the 11th Panzer Division's First General Staff Officer near the end of the war. While in the unit Drews was promoted to the rank of Oberstleutnant and awarded the German Cross in Gold on January 31st 1945.[3] After surrending at the end of the war Drews spent three years as a prisoner of war and wrote two studies on the German military performance in the war for the Allies.[4]
Later Career
[edit]Awards and Decorations
[edit]- German Cross in Gold on 31 January 1945 as Oberstleutnant and First General Staff Officer of the 11th Panzer Division[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1972)[6]
Written Works
[edit]- Operations of the 11th Panzer Division in Southern France, described by the division operations officer. MS # B-756, 1947, National Archives and Records Administration.
- Remarks Regarding the War History of the Seventh U.S. Army (15 Aug.–14 Sep. 1944). MS # A-881, 1950, National Archives and Records Administration.
External Links
[edit]References
[edit]- Dermot Bradley; Heinz-Peter Würzenthal; Hansgeorg Model (1998), Die Generale und Admirale der Bundeswehr 1955–1997 – Die militärischen Werdegänge, Deutschlands Generale und Admirale, Teil VIb, Dermot Bradley, vol. Band 1, Adam–Fuhr, Osnabrück: Biblio-Verlag, pp. 409–411, ISBN 978-3-7648-2492-1
- Clemens Range (2013), Kriegsgedient – Die Generale und Admirale der Bundeswehr, Müllheim-Britzingen: Translimes Media Verlag, p. 115, ISBN 978-3-00-043646-8
- Thorsten Loch: Das Gesicht der Bundeswehr. Walter de Gruyter, 2012, S. 135 ff.
- Werner Drews. In: Politische Studien, Band 17, 1966, S. 601.
- ^ "Werner Drews Fr. General". Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ Tobias Temming (2016), Widerstand im deutschen und niederländischen Spielfilm: Geschichtsbilder und Erinnerungskultur (1943–1963), Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, p. 65, ISBN 978-3-11-045878-7
- ^ "Drews, Werner, Traces of War". Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Werner Drews Fr. General". Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ "Drews, Werner, Traces of War". Retrieved October 20, 2024.
- ^ Bundesanzeiger (Federal Gazette) (April 19, 1972)