Hasso von Wedel (general)

Hasso von Wedel
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Born	(1898-11-20)20 November 1898 Stargard (Pommern), German Empire
Died	Gehrden, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (1915 to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1916–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Unit	Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 9
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords Prussian Iron Cross First Class

Hasso von Wedel (20 November 1898 – 3 January 1961) was a German Generalmajor and Commander of the Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops during the Second World War. He was directly subordinate to the head of OKW Operations Staff (Wehrmachtführungsstab, WFSt.), General Alfred Jodl. Wedel's Propaganda Department had to control over the growing number of new propaganda units and served to mediate between them and the Reich Propaganda Ministry of Joseph Goebbels.

After capitulation of the Nazi Germany, Wedel was taken prisoner by the US troops on 6 May 1945 and released on 18 May 1946. Wedel described his experience on war propaganda in an apologetic account written between 1957 and 1958 and published after his death under the title Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht ("Propaganda troops of the Wehrmacht").

Books authored (German)

• Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht. Neckargemünd, Scharnhorst Buchkameradschaft, 1962.
• Schießtechnik und Taktik des einzelnen f. M.G. in 26 Kampfaufgaben mit Lösungen. Berlin 1928
• Zwanzig Jahre deutsche Wehrmacht. Berlin 1939
• Der Feldherr Adolf Hitler und seine Marschälle. Leipzig 1941
• Die Propagandatruppen der Deutschen Wehrmacht. Hrsg. von Hermann Teske. Neckargemünd 1962

Bibliography

• Daniel Uziel: The Propaganda Warriors. The Wehrmacht and the Consolidation of the German Home Front. Peter Lang, Oxford 2008, ISBN 978-3-03911-532-7.