Rudolf Veiel
Date of Birth: 10.12.1883 - Stuttgart, Baden (German Empire)
Date of Death: 09.03.1956 -Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (West Germany)
Nickname: Papa
Parents: Ludwig Veiel, Reichsgerichtsrat (+12.09.1905) and Hedwig Kleiner (+06.09.1920)
Spouse: Elisabeth Diefenbach (married 06.10.1916)
Children: 1 daughter (1917) and 1 son (1919)
Promotions:
04.04.1904 Fahnenjunker
18.08.1905 Leutnant (with Patent from 17.02.1904)
00.00.1910 Oberleutnant (with Patent from 18.02.1913)
24.12.1914 Rittmeister
01.02.1922 neues RDA vom 24.12.1914 (37) erhalten
01.02.1927 Major (27)
01.04.1931 Oberstleutnant (21)
01.12.1933 Oberst (3)
01.01.1937 Generalmajor (8)
01.10.1938 Generalleutnant (2)
12.04.1942 General der Panzertruppe mit RDA vom 01.04.1942 (1)
Career:
04.04.1904 entered the military as Fahnenjunker in Ulanen-Regiment “König Karl” (1. Württembergisches) Nr. 19, Ulm
04.08.1914 served in Württembergischen Reserve-Dragoner-Regiment, Ludwigsburg
10.08.1914 ins Feld
25.05.1915 Eskadron-Chef in Württembergischen Reserve-Dragoner-Regiment
01.01.1919 in Ulanen-Regiment 19, Abwicklung
!8.04.1919 - 13.06.1919 Adjutant Gruppenkommando West
00.05.1919 in der Württembergischen Freiwilligen-Abteilung Haas gegen die Münchner Räte-Republik eingesetzt
14.06.1919 - 25.06.1919 stellvertretender Führer Ulanen-Regiment 19
26.06.1919 - 26.07.1919 Adjutant 27. Division (2. Königlich Württembergische)
27.07.1919 - 09.10.1919 Adjutant höheren Auflösungsstabs 51
10.10.1919 Führer Feldkolonne 49
16.05.1920 in der Reichswehr-Fahr-Abteilung 13 der Reichswehr-Brigade 13, Stuttgart, des Übergangsheeres
12.06.1920 Führer Fahrkompanie 4
01.10.1920 in Reiter-Regiment 18
01.02.1922 Regimentsadjutant
01.06.1923 Chef 2. / Reiterregiment 10 (Torgau)
01.03.1927 Stab 3. Kavallerie-Division (Weimar)
01.02.1933 Kommandeur Reiter-Regiment 18 (Stuttgart)
15.10.1935 Kommandeur 2. Schützen-Brigade (Meiningen)
04.02.1938 Kommandeur 2. Panzer-Division (Würzburg)
10.11.1938 Komamndeur 2. Panzer-Division (Wien)
19.02.1942 mit der stellvertretenden Führung XXXXVIII. Armeekorps beauftragt
15.05.1942 Führerreserve OKH (XVII)
28.09.1942 Kommandierender General im Auffrischungsbereich Mitte
10.06.1943 Führerreserve OKH (XVII)
01.09.1943 Kommandierender General V. Armeekorps und Befehlshaber Wehrkreis V
12.04.1945 Führerreserve OKH (V)
Awards & Decorations:
00.00.191_ 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.191_ 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
02.08.1917 Ritterkreuz des Königlich Württembgische Militär-Verdienstordens
00.00.1934 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914-1918
02.10.1936 Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen IV. bis I.Klasse
00.00.193_ Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13 März 1938
00.00.1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit spange "Prager Burg"
18.09.1939 1939 spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
29.09.1939 1939 spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
00.00.19__ Panzerkampfabzeichen
03.06.1940 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Generalleutnant and Kommandeur 2. Panzer-Division. The following wartime excerpt (dated 30.08.1940) describes why Veiel received the Ritterkreuz: “Generalleutnant Rudolf Veiel broke through the Belgian border fortifications with his Panzer-Division and then forced a crossing over the Maas river north of Sedan. Thereafter his troops succeeding in breaking through to the Channel coastline in the direction of Boulogne under his outstanding personal leadership.”
00.00.194_ Panzerkampfabzeichen
15.08.1941 Königlich bulgarischer Militärverdienstorden I. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration
03.11.1941 Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz
00.00.1942 Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (1942)
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Rudolf Veiel (10 December 1883 – 19 March 1956) joined the army 1904, and was commissioned as an officer in 1905, serving in the Württemberg cavalry during World War I. After the war, Veiel was a member of the Freikorps in Württemberg (1919). From October 1920, he served in the Reichswehr. In 1938 he was given command of the 2nd Panzer Division. Veiel was promoted to oberst in 1933, a generalmajor in January 1937, and a generalleutnant in 1938.
In the early stages of World War II, Veiel commanded the division during the Invasion of Poland in 1939, the Battle of France in 1940, Operation Marita, invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece, and Operation Barbarossa in 1941. On 3 June 1940, Veiel was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. From 1 April 1942 to 28 September 1942, after the German defeat in the Battle of Moscow, Veiel was promoted to full general (General der Panzertruppe). He later commanded the XLVIII Panzer Corps. After 28 September, Veiel had a staff position with the Army Group Center.
From September 1943 to 20 July 1944, Veiel was Commanding General of Battle Sector V (Wehrkreis V) in Stuttgart. He was relieved of command because of complicity in the 20 July Conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler. On 16 April 1945 he was put in the Officer Reserve (Führerreserve) of the Army High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres or OKH). After World War II, Rudolf Veiel spent two years in American captivity. He was released in 1947 and died in 1956.
Source :
Bundesarchiv photo collection
Jim Haley photo collection
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1984-018-08A,_Rudolf_Veiel.jpg
https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Veiel,_Rudolf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Veiel
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=120547&hilit=rudolf+veiel
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General2/VEIEL_RUDOLF.html
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/V/VeielR-R.htm
http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/04/veiel-rudolf-1012188319031956.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/65120/Veiel-Rudolf.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20111228124131fw_/http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Infanterie/V/Ve/Veiel-Rudolf.htm
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