Karl Allmendinger (officer)

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Karl Allmendinger (born February 3, 1891 in Abtsgmünd , † October 2, 1965 in Ellwangen (Jagst) ) was a German infantry general and temporarily commander of the 17th Army in World War II .

Life

The son of the writer Karl Allmendinger came after the High School in October 1910 as a cadet in the Fusilier Regiment "Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, King of Hungary" (4 Württembergisches) no. 122 of the Württemberg army in Heilbronn and was on 22. Appointed Ensign on April 1911 and promoted to Lieutenant on January 29, 1913 .

After the outbreak of the First World War , he initially fought as a platoon leader in the 11th company of his regiment on the western front and was wounded several times. After his promotion to first lieutenant on April 18, 1916, he took part in the fighting on the Eastern Front as regimental adjutant and company commander before his regiment was relocated to France in mid-1917. For his achievements, Allmendinger was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross , the Knight's Cross of the Frederick Order II. Class with swords and the Wound Badge in black. He also had the Austrian Military Merit Cross III in September 1915 . Class with war decorations and received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Military Merit on December 9, 1916 .

After the end of the war, he joined the Haas volunteer department, a security force of the People's State of Württemberg , and was accepted into the provisional Reichswehr in October 1919 . He initially served in the Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 26 and with the formation of the Reichswehr Allmendinger was transferred to the 13th (Württemberg) Infantry Regiment . There he was promoted to captain on January 1, 1923 . In October 1923 he came to the 18th Cavalry Regiment , from where he was commanded to take part in a leadership assistant course on the staff of the 5th Division . From October 1, 1924, Allmendinger was with the staff of the 1st Battalion of the 13th (Württemberg) Infantry Regiment for a year and then continued his assistant leadership training in the Reichswehr Ministry. On October 1, 1926, he was transferred to the Army Statistical Department (T3) of the Troops Office. After three years Allmendinger returned to the troop service and was company commander in the 1st (Prussian) Infantry Regiment . After he was promoted to major on February 1, 1932 with RDA from February 1, 1931 , Allmendinger returned to the Reichswehr Ministry and was employed in the Army Training Department (T4) for almost two years. On July 1, 1934 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on August 1, 1936 to colonel . In October 1937 he was appointed commander of the 35th Infantry Regiment in Tübingen , before he was posted to the General Staff of the Army in Berlin in November 1938 .

Second World War

At the beginning of the war, from October 6, 1939, he was initially chief of the General Staff of the V Army Corps and, in this role, participated in the campaign in the west . On August 1, 1940, he was promoted to major general and on October 25, 1940, he took command of the 5th Infantry Division . He held this command until January 1942 and was involved with this association in Operation Barbarossa , the attack on the Soviet Union . At the end of November 1941 the division was withdrawn from Russia, reorganized in France by January 1942 and then assigned to the 16th Army of Army Group North . Allmendinger was involved with the division in the Demyansk Kessel Battle and was promoted to lieutenant general on August 1, 1942 .

On January 5, 1943, he was appointed commander of the divisional leader courses in Berlin for just under six months and was promoted to general of the infantry on April 1, 1943. From July 1, 1943 he was appointed commanding general of the 5th Army Corps and used with this in the Crimea . Assigned to command the 17th Army in early May 1944, he and his troops evacuated Sevastopol and led the units back to Romania across the Black Sea . On July 25, 1944, Allmendinger was recalled from his command and transferred to the Führer Reserve , where he remained without further employment until the end of the war.

post war period

After the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht , he was a US prisoner of war from May 1945 to the end of 1947 . After his release he lived withdrawn in Ellwangen / Jagst, where he died on October 2, 1965.

Awards

Fonts

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): 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 1: Abberger – Bitthorn. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2423-9 , pp. 40-41.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1925, p. 136.
  2. ^ Military Ordinance Sheet. No. 58 of September 12, 1915, p. 523.
  3. ↑ Otto von Moser : Die Württemberger in the world wars. 2nd expanded edition, Chr.Belser AG, Stuttgart 1928, p. 111.
  4. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 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. 190.
personal data
SURNAME Allmendinger, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German infantry general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Abtsgmünd
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1965
Place of death Ellwangen (Jagst)