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| branch = Heer | serviceyears = 1900–33, 1939–43 | rank = General der Infanterie | commands = | unit = | battles = }} Karl Jerome Christian Georg Kurt von Roques (7 May 1880 in Frankfurt am Main – 24 December 1949 in Nürnberg) was a German general and war criminal during the Second World War, who was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the High Command Trial. ==Early life== Karl von Roques was born in a German noble family of Huguenot descent. The family had emigrated to Germany to escape Louis XIV of France’s persecution of the French Protestants. Von Roques entered the German Imperial Army in 1899 as an ensign in the Infanterie-Regiment „von Wittich“ (3. Kurhessisches) Nr. 83. In 1900, he was promoted to lieutenant. From 1908 to 1911 he was attached to the Prussian Military Academy. In April 1912, von Roques was transferred to the German General Staff, where on 1 April 1914 he was promoted to captain. When the First World War started, von Roques was attached to the staff of the VIII Reserve Corps with which took part in the campaigns of the Western Front. In 1915, he was transferred to the staff of the 8th Ersatz Division and in 1916 he became a staff officer in the 215th Infantry Division. In 1917 von Roques served in the Ministry of War. By the end of the war he had been promoted to major. After the armistice, von Roques remained in the 100,000-man-strong Reichswehr, serving further in the war ministry. In October 1921, he was transferred to the staff of the 2nd Division near Stettin. In October 1923 von Roques was given command of the 2nd battalion in the 13th Infantry Regiment. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1927 and colonel in 1928, von Roques was given command of the 16th Infantry Regiment stationed in Oldenburg. In May 1931, von Roques was promoted to major-general and given a command in Allenstein. Because of regulations which limited the number of general officers, von Roques was pensioned off in 1933 with the rank of lieutenant-general. On 1 August 1934, Karl von Roques became vice-president and chief of staff of the Reichsluftschutzbund. By 1936, von Roques had become its president. In October 1938 von Roques was recalled to active duty and in the Luftwaffe with the rank of lieutenant-general. In June 1939, von Roques left the Luftwaffe with the rank of General der Flakartillerie. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karl von Roques」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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