Paul Hausser
Paul Hausser was an officer in the German Army, achieving the rank of Generalleutnant in the interwar Reichswehr. After retirement, he joined the SS of Nazi Germany and was instrumental in forming the WaffenSS. During World War II, he rose to the level of army group commander. He led WaffenSS troops in the Third Battle of Kharkov, the Battle of Kursk and the Normandy Campaign.
Hausser was born onOctober 1880 in Brandenburg an der Havel to a Prussian military family his father Kurt Hausser was a major in the Imperial German Army. Hausser entered the army in 1892. In 1899, he graduated from the cadet academy BerlinLichterfelde and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 155th Infantry Regiment. Hausser graduated from the Prussian Military Academy in Berlin in 1911. During World War I he served in the German General Staff and in staff roles on the Eastern Front, primarily serving with the 109th Infantry Division between 1916 and 1918. He was promoted to major in 1918 and was retained in the postwar , reaching the rank of Oberst by 1927.
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