Hans Röttiger [SEP] conflict
Hans Röttiger
Hans Röttiger (16 April 1896 – 15 April 1960) was a Panzer General in the German Army during the Second World War and the first Chief of Staff of the German Army of the Bundeswehr.
Biography.
Röttiger joined the Prussian Army in 1914 and served from 1915 as a "Leutnant" in the 20th Artillery Regiment. After the First World War he served in the Reichswehr as a battery officer, adjutant, and battery chief. He then served as an officer on the General Staff of the
April, he relieved both Vietinghoff and his Chief of Staff, "General der Panzertruppe" Hans Röttiger, putting them at the disposition of the OKW for a possible court martial. They were replaced by General Friedrich Schulz and "Generalmajor" Friedrich Wenzel respectively.
The next morning, 1 May, Röttiger reacted by placing both Schulz and Wenzel under arrest, and summoning Lemelsen to take Schulz's place. Lemelsen initially refused, as he was in possession of a written order from Kesselring which prohibited any talks with the enemy without