Hans-Ulrich Back (26 August 1896 – 14 February 1976) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held several divisional commands.

The elder Back had served from 1910 to 1917 in the German military mission to the Ottoman Empire.

Soon he was used in the transition army in the spring of 1920 at the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 19 where, on 30 June 1920, he was discharged from active duty.

Shortly after his discharge from the now shrunken German army, he transferred to the police, where, on 20 June 1921, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Exactly one year later, on 1 February 1939, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was commissioned to the leadership of the Rifle Regiment 2 within Panzer Division 2.

He won the previous Iron Cross for the capture of the Somme Bridge in France.