Johannes Mayer

Johannes Mayer (6 September 1893 – 7 August 1963) was a German General of the Infantry in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Dr. rer. pol. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Mayer
Born	6 September 1893
Died	7 August 1963 (aged 69)
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	General of the Infantry
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Relations	Gustav Schmidt (brother in law)
Other work	Engineer

Promotions

• 9.3.1915 Fahnenjunker
• 2.9.1915 Fähnrich
• 5.11.1915 Leutnant (Patent from 23.3.1914)
• 1.7.1922 Leutnant with Patent from 1.4.1914
• 1.7.1923 Oberleutnant
• 1.4.1928 Rittmeister
  • later changed to Hauptmann
• 1.2.1935 Major
• 1.10.1937 Oberstleutnant
• 1.10.1940 Oberst
• 1.4.1942 Generalmajor (without RDA)
• 1.9.1942 Generalmajor (with RDA)
• 1.2.1943 Generalleutnant
• 1.4.1945 General der Infanterie

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (24 August 1915)[1]
  • 1st Class (16 December 1916)[1]
• The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with swords
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st class
• Clasp to the Iron Cross
  • 2nd Class (6 June 1940)[1]
  • 1st Class (9 June 1940)[1]
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
• Eastern Front Medal
• Wound Badge in Black (1944)
• Cuff title "Kurland"[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 13 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 501/290. Infanterie-Division/X. Armee-Korps/16. Armee/Heeresgruppe Nord[3]
  • Oak Leaves on 13 April 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 329. Infanterie-Division[3]
  • Swords on 23 August 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 329. Infanterie-Division/VIII. Armee-Korps/16. Armee/Heeresgruppe Nord[3]

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1998, p. 66.
2. Berger 1999, p. 216. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBerger1999 (help)
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 532.

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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)