Hans von Tettau

Hans von Tettau (30 November 1888 – 30 January 1956) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at the divisional and corps level.

He wrote a book with General Kurt Versock called The History of the 24th Infantry Division.

Some German historians argue that he had little real military experience up to his countermeasures at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944, the Allied Operation Market Garden.

Fellow generals spoke of Tettau, whose regular work in the army was more that of an inspector than of a commanding officer, in a negative way when he organised his defences in the Netherlands under the name of Westgruppe, which was not a formal army division.

Instead, this was seen as a political move by Tettau to gain credit in Berlin.