Ernst Adolph

Ernst Adolph (born April 8, 1873 in Heinde ; † June 2, 1955 in Goslar ) was a major general in the German Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

On March 13, 1894, Adolph joined the infantry regiment "von Lützow" (1st Rheinisches) No. 25 of the Prussian Army as a flag junior . On August 18, 1895, he was promoted to second lieutenant . As such, he was adjutant at the Rastatt district command from 1901 to 1904 . In mid-May 1905 Adolph was promoted to first lieutenant and from October 1905 graduated from the War Academy for three years . In April 1909 he was assigned to the General Staff . He was transferred there on March 22, 1911. From August 1912 to March 1914, he was employed in the General Staff of the II Army Corps . Until the outbreak of war, Adolph served as a company commander in the 9th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 173 .

With the outbreak of World War I , Adolph was appointed First General Staff Officer of the 10th Replacement Division under General Georg von Gayl . In this position he took u. a. participated in the battle of Lorraine . In the further course of the war he was exclusively employed by the general staff. For his achievements Adolph u. a. both classes of the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords.

After the end of the war, he was accepted into the newly founded Reichswehr on January 19, 1919 and was battalion commander in the 17th Infantry Regiment between October 1, 1920 and April 1, 1923 , where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on December 18, 1920 . He was then transferred to the regimental staff and promoted to colonel on April 1, 1925 . From February 1, 1926 to August 1, 1928, he was in command of the Boyen Fortress near Lötzen and was then transferred to the staff of Infantry Leader IV between August 1 and his retirement on October 31, 1928 . In parting he was given the character of a major general.

On July 1, 1935, Adolph was made available to the army of the Wehrmacht, but without receiving a command. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, he was appointed deputy commander of the Bergen military training area on August 26, 1939 . During the campaign in the west and also after the Armistice of Compiègne , he served from June 1, 1940 to January 31, 1942 as Field Commander 755 in Le Mans . On February 1, 1941, he received the patent for his rank as major general. From February 1, 1942 he was Wehrmacht commander of Dnepropetrovsk . Just four months later he was in the on May 25, 1942 Führerreserve of the High Command of the Wehrmacht added. On August 31, 1942, his mobilization order was canceled.

literature

• Dermot Bradley , Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as of the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials in the rank of general. Volume 1: Abberger – Bitthorn. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 19-20.
• Wolfgang Keilig : The Generals of the Army 1939–1945. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 , p. 9.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Keilig: The Generals of the Army 1939-1945 . Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, p. 9