Herbert Brede

Herbert Brede

Herbert Lorentz Brede (born April 25, 1888 in Püssi ; † October 6, 1942 in Norilsk , Siberia ) was an Estonian major general .

Life

After attending school in Saint Petersburg on September 14, 1907, Brede began training as an officer at the Artillery School, which he completed on August 19, 1910. After his subsequent promotion to lieutenant , he became an officer in the 5th Artillery Division of the Imperial Russian Army and was promoted to first lieutenant there . He took part in the First World War and was promoted to captain on October 21, 1916 and appointed battery chief of an artillery brigade.

After Estonia's independence was declared on February 24, 1918, Brede joined the Estonian army and between 1918 and 1919 was first the commander of a battalion of the 1st artillery regiment and, after his promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1919, briefly commander of the 2nd artillery regiment. He was then chief of the artillery between 1919 and 1920 and, after his promotion to colonel, from 1920 and 1930, inspector general of the artillery. He was honored with the Freedom Cross for participating in the Estonian War of Freedom .

In the meantime he was also a lecturer at the National Defense College (Kaitseväe Ühendatud Õppeasutused) in 1925 and also completed a course at the French École supérieure de guerre in 1927 . From August 1, 1930 to September 1, 1933, he was Chief of Military Training and then, as the successor to Major General Aleksander Tõnisson, between September 1, 1933 and August 31, 1934, Commander of the 1st Division (1st Diviis) .

Brede last took over on September 6, 1936 from Major General Gustav Jonson as commander of the 3rd Division (3rd Diviis) . After the annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union , he joined the Red Army in August 1940 and served as the commander of the XXII artillery between August 1940 and June 28, 1941. Rifle Corps. He was arrested on June 28, 1941, sentenced to death on October 6, 1942 and executed.

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