Karl Eberth (General)

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Karl Eberth (born November 12, 1877 in Munich , † April 13, 1952 in Steingaden ) was a German officer , most recently general of the artillery in World War II .

Life

Promotions

family

He was the son of a postal officer. Eberth married Maria Weber in 1904, with whom he had two children.

Bavarian Army

Eberth joined the 1st field artillery regiment "Prince Regent Luitpold" of the Bavarian Army on July 14, 1896 as a three-year-old volunteer and flag junior after graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich . After attending military school , he was promoted to lieutenant on October 5, 1898 , and served as a battery officer until the end of September 1900 . This was followed by his transfer to the 8th field artillery regiment "Prince Heinrich of Prussia" , where Eberth was used as a department adjutant from 1901 to 1904. From 1908 to 1911 he graduated from the War Academy , which made him qualified for the General Staff. On February 21, 1913 he was appointed General Staff of III. Army Corps , where he served until June 18, 1916 during the First World War . Then he was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division as a general staff officer . From March 18 to December 16, 1918, this was followed by his assignment in the staff of the General Command z. b. V. 57.

After the Armistice of Compiègne Eberth was assigned to the 5th Division on December 17, 1918 as General Staff Officer .

Weimar Republic

On April 25, 1919 he was transferred to the staff of the commander of the Bavarian troops Arnold von Möhl in Munich and participated in the suppression of the Munich Soviet Republic . On May 16, 1920 Eberth became chief of the staff of the military district command VII. On October 1, 1922 he was appointed commander of the III. Department of the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment in Nuremberg appointed. A year later he moved to the regimental staff and on March 1, 1928 was appointed regimental commander. From February 1, 1929 to February 1, 1930 Eberth served as Artillery Leader V in Stuttgart and then until the end of November 1930 as Artillery Leader VII in Munich. On 30 November 1930 he resigned under the ceremony character as a lieutenant general from the Reichswehr from.

Wehrmacht

Eberth was reactivated on April 1, 1934 for the Luftwaffe , which was under construction , and served as President of the Higher Aviation Office in Munich until the end of March 1935 and then from April 1, 1935 to the end of August 1935 as Commander in Luftkreis V (Munich). On August 31, 1935, Eberth resigned from military service as General der Flieger .

His second reactivation took place on July 1, 1938. Eberth was assigned to the army and was available until May 10, 1940 without having his own command. On May 11, 1940 he was appointed higher artillery commander 301 in Army Group A. On November 23, 1942 this bar was closed, and Eberth was the leader Reserve of the Army High Command transferred (OKH). On April 30, 1943, he was finally adopted into retirement with the rank of General of the Artillery zV.

Eberth was arrested by US forces in Munich on May 28, 1945 and was then held as a prisoner of war until July 5, 1947 .

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl Friedrich Hildebrand: The Generals of the German Air Force 1935-1945. Part II. Volume 1: Abernetty – v. Gyldenfeldt. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1990. ISBN 3-7648-1701-1 . P. 228f.
  • Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 427.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annual report on the Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1895/96.
  2. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 427.
  3. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Ed .: Reichswehr Ministry . Mittler & Sohn publishing house . Berlin 1924. p. 118.
personal data
SURNAME Eberth, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently general of the artillery zV in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1952
Place of death Steingaden