Hubert Schaller-Kalide

Hubert Schaller-Kalide (born December 19, 1882 in Sorau in Silesia , † January 6, 1976 in Munich ) was a German infantry general .

Military background

Hubert Schaller-Kalide began his career on March 29, 1900 as a flag junior with the 1st Rhenish Infantry Regiment "von Lützow" No. 25. Further career steps followed quickly. On November 20, 1900, he was promoted to ensign . Promoted to lieutenant on August 18, 1901 . In this function he was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Rhenish Infantry Regiment "von Lützow" No. 25 . In 1909 he was posted to the War Academy in Berlin . On January 27, 1910, he was promoted to first lieutenant . On August 2, 1914, he became a captainpromoted. This was followed by an employment with the General Staff of the VIII Reserve Corps . In the winter of 1915 he was transferred to the General Staff of the 3rd Army . In May 1915 he was transferred to the General Staff of the Marine Corps . In autumn 1916, Schaller-Kalideer was transferred to the General Staff of the 1st Marine Division. In the spring of 1917, he was transferred to the General Staff of the 2nd Marine Division . In May 1917 he was transferred to the General Staff of the 3rd Marine Division. On December 20, 1918, he was transferred to the General Staff of the 15th Division .

After the First World War in 1919 he was taken over as a captain in the Reichswehr . This was followed by a position as a battalion leader in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 11. On October 1, 1919, he was transferred to the General Staff of Section I Command of the neutral zone in Wesel on the Lower Rhine (see Allied occupation of the Rhineland ). This was followed by a further transfer to Berlin in the role of general staff officer at Group Command 1 . He was promoted to major on March 22, 1922 . On October 1, 1921, he was transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin . On May 1, 1925, Hubert Schaller-Kalide was promoted to commander of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment in Marienwerder in West Prussia . On February 1, 1928, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 1928 he was transferred to the infantry school in Dresden . On November 1, 1930 he was promoted to colonel. On May 1, 1931, Schaller-Kalide was appointed commander of the 18th Infantry Regiment in Paderborn . On April 1, 1933, he was promoted to major general. On September 30, 1933, he was transferred from active service to retirement.

In October 1935 he was ordered back from retirement to active service in the German Wehrmacht and on October 15, 1935, he was appointed commander of Army Service 7 in Stuttgart . In 1936 he was appointed commander of the 25th Infantry Division . On October 6, 1936, he was transferred and appointed commander of the 35th Infantry Division . On April 1, 1937, he was promoted to lieutenant general. On August 26, 1939 he was appointed commander of military district XVIII in Salzburg . On December 1, 1940, he was promoted to General of the Infantry. He retired on March 31, 1943.

literature

• Dermot Bradley , 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 in the rank of general. Volume 4: Fleck – Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2488-3 .
• Jürgen Kraus: Handbook of the associations and troops of the German army 1914-1918. Part VI: Infantry. Volume 2: Reserve and Landwehr Regiments. Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-902526-52-6 .
• Georg Tessin: German associations and troops 1918–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1974, ISBN 3-7648-1000-9 .