Konrad von Alberti

This article describes the major general. For the German writer see Konrad Alberti .

Konrad von Alberti (born July 17, 1894 in Stuttgart , † August 1, 1967 ) was a major general in the German Wehrmacht in World War II .

Life

After attending school, von Alberti completed an officer training and in 1914 became a lieutenant in the royal Württemberg Grenadier Regiment No. 119 "Queen Olga", with whom he participated in the First World War . After the following activities, he became an instructor on January 1, 1935 at the reopened military academy , where he taught until October 12, 1937 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on January 1, 1937 . He was then commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 50th Infantry Regiment between October 12, 1937 and September 24, 1939, and of the 284th Infantry Regiment from September 24th to November 10th, 1939. After being promoted to colonel on November 1, 1939 , he was field commander 580 between November 10, 1939 and July 17, 1941, and then field commander 240 until May 2, 1942.

After a special assignment from May 2 to May 30, 1942 with the 1st Panzer Army , von Alberti was in another special assignment between May 30 and June 20, 1942, with the Commander-in-Chief of Army Group South , Field Marshal Fedor von Bock . He then became commander of the 179th Infantry Regiment on June 20, 1942 and was wounded in a hospital from January 7 to 22, 1943, and then in reserve until April 17, 1943. During this time he was promoted to major general on April 1, 1943 and assigned to the headquarters of Army Group South at special disposal until May 16, 1943. On May 16, 1943, he succeeded Lieutenant General Maximilian Siry as commander of the 246th Infantry Division and held this position until he was replaced by Major General Heinz Fiebig on September 12, 1943. In 1943 he withdrew with his division together with the 9th Army as part of the company Buffalo Movement to rear positions near Duchowschtschina .

After he was back in reserve from September 12 to 28, 1943, Alberti was commissioned between September 28 and November 15, 1943 to review the education and training of officers in Wehrkreis V in Stuttgart. He then acted from November 15, 1943 to July 18, 1944 as head of education and training in the staff of Military District XIII in Nuremberg and between July 18 and September 30, 1944 as head of the Division Liaison Command 182 in the Italian Social Republic . Thereupon he was again in reserve and took over the post of commandant of Mannheim from October 25 to November 1, 1944 , before he was commander of combat area XII South between November 1, 1944 and March 26, 1945. His last position was from March 26th to May 5th, 1945 in command of the Alberti group named after him and was taken prisoner on May 5th, 1945 , from which he was released on June 26th, 1947.

Publications

• Unterführer-Merkbuch for the Rifle and Machine Gun Company , co-author Fritz Kühlwein , ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin, 9th edition 1939
• Rifle platoon and company in action , co-author Fritz Kühlwein, ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin, 5th edition 1940

Web links

• Literature by and about Konrad von Alberti in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry in general.dk

credentials

1. ^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 292 ( google.de [accessed on April 23, 2019]).