Helge Auleb

Service/branchYears of service1907–45RankGeneral der InfanterieCommands held290th Infantry Division
XXXXIX Mountain Corps
LXIX. Army CorpsBattles/warsWorld War I World War IIAwardsGerman Cross in Gold

Helge Arthur Auleb (24 March 1887 – 14 March 1964) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was born in Gehren.

Auleb commanded the 6th Infantry Division as part of VI Army Corps during Operation Typhoon in October 1941. He received the German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941.

Awards

• German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941 as Generalleutnant in the 6th Infantry Division^[1]
• 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class
• 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class

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Military offices
Preceded by General der Infanterie Franz Mattenklott	Commander of 72nd Infantry Division 25 July 1940 – 4 September 1940	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Franz Mattenklott
Preceded by Generalleutnant Theodor Freiherr von Wrede	Commander of 290th Infantry Division 19 September 1940 – 19 October 1940	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Theodor Freiherr von Wrede
Preceded by Generalleutnant Arnold Freiherr von Biegeleben	Commander of 6th Infantry Division 14 October 1940 – 25 January 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Horst Großmann
Preceded by General der Infanterie Franz Mattenklott	Befehlshaber Krim 27 April 1943 – July 1943	Succeeded by Generalmajor Friedrich Köchling
Preceded by General der Gebirgstruppen Rudolf Konrad	Commander of XXXXIX Gebirgs-Armeekorps 26 July 1943 – 15 August 1943	Succeeded by General der Gebirgstruppen Rudolf Konrad
Preceded by General der Artillerie Otto Hartmann	Befehlshaber Heeresgebiet A 17 September 1943 – 18 December 1943	Succeeded by redesignated Befehlshaber Transnistrien
Preceded by none	Befehlshaber Transnistrien 18 December 1943 – 1 April 1944	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by General der Gebirgstruppen Julius Ringel	Commander of LXIX Armeekorps 24 June 1944 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by dissolved on 8 May 1945