Friedrich von Cochenhausen joined the Imperial Army on September 21, 1897 as a Fahnenjunker. He was posted to the Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 11, where he was promoted to Leutnant on January 27, 1899. In 1907 he was schooled in the Kriegsakademie. There he was promoted to Oberleutnant in the summer of 1909. He was now entering the general staff officer career. On March 22, 1913, he was promoted to Hauptmann im Generalstab. He was now a member of the Great General Staff. There he remained throughout the World War I, without commando. On September 16, 1917, he was promoted to Major. In World War I he was awarded both classes of Eisernen Kreuzes and also the prestigius Ritterkreuz des Königlich Preußischen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern. After the war he was employed in the formation of the 100,000 man army of the Reichswehr as officer in the Reich Ministry of Defense. On November 15, 1922, he was promoted to Oberstleutnant. As such, he was appointed as a commander of II.Abteilung / 6. (Preußische) Artillerie-Regiment in Minden on October 1, 1923. At the end of 1925 he was again transferred to the Reich Ministry of Defense in Berlin. There he was appointed as a chief of staff for the Army Inspection of Education (Heeres-Inspektion des Erziehungs- und Bildungswesen). As such, he was promoted to Oberst on February 1, 1927. At the beginning of 1928 he was transferred to the 4. Artillerie-Regiment in Dresden. In 1929, his book "Gneisenau - Its Significance in History and for the Present" was published by Mittler-Verlag in Berlin. On February 1, 1929, he was appointed as a commander of the 4. Artillerie-Regiment in Dresden. As such, he was promoted to Generalmajor on March 1, 1930. In 1931, his books "The Military Science Training of the Troop Officer" and "Die Truppenführung" were published by the same Mittler-Verlag in Berlin. On February 1, 1931, he was appointed as Artillerieführer IV in Dresden. On January 31, 1932, he was resigned from the army. He was appointed as President of the German Society for Military Policy and Science just a year and a half later, which he continued to serve until 1945 despite his return in the military. In the fall of 1935, he joined the Luftwaffe. He was promoted to Generalleutnant there. As such, he was now used at the Air War School in Berlin-Gatow. On February 28, 1938, he was promoted as Charakter als General der Flieger. When Germany mobilized before World War II, he was reactivated by the army. He now became Kommandierender General of Stellvertretenden XIII. Armeekorps in Nuremberg. He thus became the Befehlshaber of Wehrkreis XIII. On December 1, 1940, he was promoted to General der Artillerie. In 1941 he compiled the book "Fuhrertum - 25th life pictures of generals of all time" on behalf of the Reichswehr Minister Groener. On April 30, 1942, he was replaced from his command by General Mauritz von Wiktorin and transferred to the Führerreserve. On May 31, 1942, he was finally retired from active service in the Wehrmacht. In 1942 he published the book "Soldier Führer und Erzieher" in Hamburg. In 1943 he was the publisher of the Leipziger Insel Verlag of Carl von Clausewitz's book "Vom Kriege", which is prohibited today in Germany. In 1943 he was also the author of the book "The Will to Victory - Clausewitz's teaching of the counterweights inherent in war and their overcoming, explained on the campaign in 1814 in France". Dr.phil. Von Cochenhausen died in July 20, 1946.
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