Herbert Gundelach

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Herbert Gundelach (born June 15, 1899 in Metz , † November 4, 1971 in Hochdahl ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .

Life

Gundelach joined the Guard Pioneer Replacement Battalion on June 22, 1917 , coming from the Cadet Corps as an ensign . One month later he completed a training course for officer candidates with the Pioneer Replacement Battalion No. 3 in Spanau by November 3, 1917 . On November 26, 1917, he was transferred to the front with his regular unit and promoted to lieutenant on February 27, 1918 . As such, he was transferred to Pioneer Company 260 on June 5, 1918, was wounded on September 2, 1918 and, after hospitalization and recovery, sent back to the front. Gundelach experienced the end of the war in the Guard Pioneer Replacement Battalion. For his achievements he was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and the Wound Badge in Black.

After repatriation and demobilization , Gundelach worked briefly for six months with the Schlettwein Border Guard Battalion before he was accepted into the 15th Reichswehr Rifle Regiment on June 1, 1919. After a five-month course in physical exercise in Dresden , he was transferred to the Reichswehr Pioneer Battalion 6 and finally retired from the army on December 31, 1920.

On January 20, 1921 he was reassigned to the Reichswehr and assigned to the 5th Engineer Battalion. In the following years Gundelach was transferred several times to different pioneer units and in the meantime he was promoted to first lieutenant on August 1, 1925 . From October 1, 1932, Gundlach was with the staff of the 3rd Division and in the period up to April 30, 1933, completed secret general staff courses at the Berlin Command. Then he was placed at the disposal of the army, promoted him on 1 August 1933. Captain and placed him on 15 April 1935 in the staff of Artillery Leader II. Six months later, the commanding followed the General Staff of the 2nd Division, where he from April 15, 1936 as Second General Staff Officer was used. After Gundelach had become major on January 1, 1937 , he took over as such on October 12, 1937, the 3rd company of the Pioneer Battalion 31. On June 15, 1938 he became the first general staff officer of the Upper Rhine command staff .

On May 8, 1939, Gundelach moved to the General Staff of the 16th Infantry Division and was appointed First General Staff Officer on June 1, 1939. In this position, which he also had inside at the beginning of the Second World War, Gundelach was promoted to lieutenant colonel on August 1, 1939 . From January 15 to February 23, 1942 he was in the Führerreserve for the first time , in which he had become a colonel on February 1, 1942 . Subsequently, he was chief quartermaster of the 1st Army , chief of the command staff of the military commander -in- chief Albania-Montenegro, commander of the Grenadier Regiment 24 and chief of the general staff of XXVIII. Army corps , each with short-term transfers in the Führerreserve. On January 26, 1942, Gundelach was awarded the German Cross in Gold. Gundelach's last position was from November 5, 1944, as Chief of Staff of the General of the Pioneers at the Chief of the General Staff of the Army. In this position, he was promoted to major general on May 9, 1945, retroactively to January 30, 1945.

With the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht on May 8, 1945, Gundelach became a prisoner of war in the United States , from which he was released in September 1947.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 4: Fleck-Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 , pp. 493-495.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry (Ed.): Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1930, p. 164.
  2. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 154.
  3. ^ Russian-German project for the digitization of German documents in the archives of the Russian Federation | File 123. Orders, orders and correspondence of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, other armed forces ... Accessed September 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Gundelach, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently major general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz
DATE OF DEATH 4th November 1971
Place of death Hochdahl