German General Hans Graf von Kanitz (17 November 1893 - 25 August 1968) was in the fields of the first war and ended as an Oberleutnant and Ordinance Officer with the General Command of the East Prussian Volunteer Corps. At the start of World War II he as an Oberstleutnant was the director of Unterofficers Courses at the Army Gas Protection School in Celle until October 1939, promoted to Oberst on April 1, 1939. Appointed to Commander of Army Gas Protection School, Celle, until November 1944 and landed in the Führer Reserve to November 18, 1944 and released of the Army service, age 51. The Führerreserve ("Officers Reserve") was set up in 1939 as a pool of temporarily unoccupied high military officers waiting for new assignments in the German Armed Forces during World War II. The various military branches and army groups each had their own pool which they could use as they saw fit. The officers were required to remain at their assigned stations and be available to their superiors, but could not exercise any command function, which was equivalent to a temporary retirement while retaining their previous income. Especially in the second half of the war, more and more politically problematic, troublesome, or militarily incompetent officers were assigned to the Führerreserve.
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