(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Julius Braun
Born: 15 Mar 1895 in Erlangen, Central Franconia (Mittelfranken)
Died: 08 May 1962 in Ellinghofen (Accidental Death)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (14 Jul 1913); Offiziers-Stellvertreter (07 Aug 1914); Leutnant (19 Sep 1914); Oberleutnant (06 Apr 1918); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1926); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Oct 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Jul 1913)
Fähnrich in the 6th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Jul 1913-07 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 6th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Aug 1914-27 Jun 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 10th Bavarian Mountain-Cannon-Battery (27 Jun 1915-01 Sep 1917)
Auxiliary-Instructor at the Bavarian Mountain-Artillery-Firing-School in Sonthofen (01 Sep 1917-01 Dec 1917)
Leader of the 10th Bavarian Mountain-Cannon-Battery (01 Dec 1917-20 Dec 1918)
Transferred into the Staff of the Mountain-Artillery-Replacement-Battalion (20 Dec 1918-31 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (31 Jan 1919-01 Feb 1919)
Transferred into the 6th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1919-22 Apr 1919)
Transferred into Freikorps Epp (22 Apr 1919-20 Jun 1919)
Platoon-Leader in the 21st Reichswehr-Light-Artillery-Regiment (20 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Detached to the Officers-School, Munich (23 Jul 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1926)
Detached to the Coastal-Artillery-School in Wilhelmshaven (12 Aug 1924-20 Sep 1924)
Detached to the Subsidiary-Leadership-Course with Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1925)
Detached as Readier to the Artillery-School (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1926)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-15 Jun 1930)
Chief of the 1st Squadron of the Mounted Command in the RWM (15 Jun 1930-01 Jul 1933)
Riding and Weapons Instructor at the Infantry-School in Dresden (01 Jul 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the I. Battalion of Artillery-Regiment Nürnberg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-01 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 115th Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1939-04 Feb 1941)
Commander of the 114th Artillery-Regiment (04 Feb 1941-26 Sep 1942)
Artillery Commander 134 (26 Sep 1942-25 Apr 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 Apr 1943-13 Jul 1943)
At the same time, Detached to the 4th Division-Leaders-Course (03 May 1943-00 Jun 1943)
Führer-Reserve of Army-Group A (13 Jul 1943-10 Aug 1943)
Commander of the 4th Mountain-Division (10 Aug 1943-25 May 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 May 1944-01 Sep 1944)
Higher Artillery Commander 318 (01 Sep 1944-22 Jun 1945)
In US captivity (22 Jun 1945-27 May 1947)
Released (27 May 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 26.12.1941 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Artillerie-Regiment 114
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
- Kommandeurkreuz des Kgl. Rumän. Orden der Krone mit Schwertern


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