Theodor von Hippel

Theodor-Gottlieb von Hippel (19 January 1890 – 1 January 1977) was the German Army and intelligence officer responsible for the formation and training of the Brandenburgers commando unit.

World War I and interwar period On October 18, 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, Hippel volunteered for service in the Schutztruppe for German East Africa, where he served under General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck in the East African theatre, where Lettow-Vorbeck had conducted a guerrilla campaign against Allied colonial troops. In 1922, Hippel earned a doctorate in state economics (Dr. rer. cam., Doktor der Staatswirtschaftskunde) from the University of Tübingen. He died on 1 January 1977 in Kiel at the age of 86.