1. Leo Philipp Franz Hepp was a German military officer, who served as a high-ranking signals officer in the Nazi German Wehrmacht during World War II and as a lieutenant general in the Bundeswehr after the war.
10 Facts About Leo Hepp
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Leo Hepp completed his secondary education at Karlsgymnasium in Stuttgart, taking his Abitur in the spring of 1925.
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From 1935 to 1937, Leo Hepp was an intelligence instructor at the Munich Kriegsschule of the Wehrmacht.
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From February 1944 to the end of the war in May 1945, Leo Hepp served as chief of staff for the Chief Signals Officer at the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, under General der Nachrichtentruppe Erich Fellgiebel and Generalleutnant Albert Praun.
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Leo Hepp joined the Gehlen Organization, a German intelligence agency established in Allied-occupied Germany by the US Office of Strategic Services, serving as the head of signals intelligence from 1946 to 1956.
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In September 1956, Leo Hepp joined the newly formed armed forces of West Germany, the Bundeswehr.
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In October 1961, Leo Hepp was appointed the commander of the II Corps headquartered in Ulm, and in February 1962, he was promoted to the rank of Generalleutant.
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Leo Hepp made the decision, without consulting the Federal Ministry of Defence, to disband the training company for not adhering to proper training methods.
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In May 1967, Leo Hepp was awarded the Grand Cross of Merit with Star.
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In September 1967, Leo Hepp retired from the Bundeswehr and passed command of II Corps on to Generalleutnant Karl Wilhlem Thilo.