Württembergische Freiwilligen-Abteilung Haas
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- Published: 05 February 2011 05 February 2011
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
It was used to form Reichswehr-Brigade 13 in June.
Commanders
Generalleutnant Otto HaasFormed in the area of
Generalkommando XIII. Armeekorps Stuttgart (Freistaat Württemberg)Manpower strength
2.376Order of battle
1. Württembergische Freiwilligen Regiment2. Württembergische Freiwilligen Regiment
3. Württembergische Freiwilligen Regiment
Notable members
General der Infanterie Karl AllmendingerGeneralleutnant Walter Botsch
SS-Brigadeführer Christoph Diehm
SS-Oberführer Oskar Dirlewanger
Generalmajor Gustav Feller
Generalleutnant Otto Haas
Generalmajor Hermann Hiller (Luftwaffe)
Generalleutnant Hermann Plocher (Luftwaffe)
SS-Gruppenführer Rolf Reiner
(the ranks are the highest ranks reached in the Third Reich era)
Sources used
Nigel Jones - The birth of the Nazis: How the Freikorps blazed a trail for HitlerFrench L. MacLean - The Cruel Hunters: SS-Sonder-Kommando Dirlewanger Hitler's Most Notorious Anti-Partisan Unit
Georg Tessin - Deutsche Verbände und Truppen 1918-1939
Robert G. L. Waite - Vanguard of Nazism: The Free Corps Movement in Postwar Germany 1918-1923
Charles Woolley - German Uniforms, Insignia & Equipment 1918-1923