Hans Kissel
Major-General (ret’d) Hans Kisselwas born in 1897. During the First World War he served as a Leutnantin Inf. Rgt. Nr. 142 (7. Baden). Following demobilisation he attended university, served as an officer in theLandesschützen and from 1935 was company commanderin Inf. Rgt. 34. By the outbreak of the Second World War he was in command of a battalion. During the war he rose to command a regiment before being appointed the Chef des Führungsstabes Deutscher Volkssturmin November 1944. Following his release from a POW camp after the war he became a military author and partner in a business.
Books
- Hitler's Last Levy : The Volkssturm 1944-45 Author
