Ernst-Günther Baade

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Ernst-Günther Baade (left) in Italy in 1944

Ernst-Günther Baade (born August 20, 1897 in Falkenhagen , † May 8, 1945 in Bad Segeberg ) was a German officer , last lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

First World War

After the outbreak of the First World War, Baade joined the 2nd Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment No. 9 as a war volunteer on August 18, 1914 . On June 4, 1915, he was transferred to the replacement squadron of his regular regiment. From July 11th to August 28th, 1915, Baade completed a Fahnenjunker course in Döberitz and was transferred to the Dragoon Regiment "King Karl I of Romania" (1st Hannoversches) No. 9 after passing the course . There he was promoted to lieutenant on August 22, 1916, and as such he was transferred to the No. 2 Cavalry Rifle Regiment . From March 12, 1917 to February 5, 1918, he acted as the leader of the signal train for telephone department 231, was then reassigned to Dragoon Regiment No. 9 and used as an orderly officer with the staff of the 231st Infantry Brigade. During the fighting on the Western Front , Baade was wounded on June 1, 1918 and was fit for duty again on June 16, 1918 after hospital stay and recovery. For a short time he was used in his old position before he came to Infantry Regiment No. 444 on June 22, 1918. As of August 30, 1918, he was unable to work due to gas poisoning and was treated in the Bavarian War Hospital 62. Two months later he was transferred to the replacement squadron of the 9th Dragoon Regiment, where he also saw the end of the war.

Post-war period / Reichswehr

Baade was initially accepted into the Reichswehr and assigned to the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 5. He completed a course at the Paderborn riding school from May 1st to October 1st. Due to the further reduction in the army, Baade retired from active service on May 15, 1920. However, almost four years later, he succeeded in reactivating and hiring him from April 1, 1924 in the 14th Cavalry Regiment . There he was promoted to first lieutenant on December 1, 1925 . From October 1, 1926 to February 20, 1927, Baade completed an officer's weapons training course in Dresden and from October 1, 1927 was a rider at the Hanover cavalry riding school for two years . Then he was transferred to the 10th (Prussian) cavalry regiment , where he was used as a training officer. After three years, Baade came back to the Hanover cavalry riding school. This time as a specialist in the jumping stable. After he had become Rittmeister on August 1, 1933 , Baade was appointed Chief of the 1st Squadron of Cavalry Regiment No. 3 in Stendal on October 1, 1934. He was to continue to hold this position after the unit was renamed to 3 rider regiment or 3 cavalry regiment.

Second World War

During the Second World War he served in the Soviet Union and North Africa as commander of the Rifle Regiment 115. From February 2 to April 1, 1943 he was commander of the Penal Division 999 . In October and November 1943 he represented the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division in Italy. In 1944 he commanded the 90th Panzer Grenadier Division in the same theater of war and in 1945 was, among other things, brief combat commander of Cologne .

Ernst-Günther Baade died on the day of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht in a hospital in Bad Segeberg after he had been seriously wounded in a low-flying attack two weeks earlier.

Awards

literature

  • Friedrich-Karl von Plehwe: The independent life of the general Ernst-Günther Baade . Schäuble, Rheinfelden 1998, ISBN 3-87718-249-6 .
  • Dermot Bradley: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945 Volume 1 Abberger-Bitthorn , Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 128–130.

Web links

Commons : Ernst-Günther Baade  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 164.
  2. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 196.
personal data
SURNAME Baade, Ernst-Günther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Falkenhagen
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1945
Place of death Bad Segeberg