Max-Günther cabinet

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Max-Günther cabinet (first name August Max Günther cabinet , born November 19, 1898 in Rieden , † September 22, 1960 in Grünwald ) was a German officer , last lieutenant general and division commander in World War II .

Life

Max-Günther cabinet joined the Royal Bavarian Army as a recruit on November 30, 1916 during the First World War and joined the Mountain Infantry Replacement Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Army Corps. From June 26th 1917 he went to war with the 20th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment "Prinz Franz" . Here he was promoted to ensign on October 10, 1917 and ensign on May 30, 1918, and was employed as platoon leader. Promoted to lieutenant on August 31, 1918, he was deputy company commander.

After the war he was a member of the Epp Freikorps . On October 1, 1919, cabinet was accepted as a lieutenant in the provisional Reichswehr and assigned to the Reichswehr-Jäger-Battalion 42. From mid-October 1919 he served in Field Column 93 before he was transferred to Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 42 in November 1919. Here he stayed until the formation of the 100,000-man army, until he was transferred to the 19th Bavarian Infantry Regiment as a company officer. In the summer of 1925 he was promoted to first lieutenant and then transferred to the 12th (MG) company of this regiment for several years. In 1928/29 he was transferred to the 9th Company of the 19th Bavarian Infantry Regiment in Lindau (Lake Constance). Here he remained until his transfer on October 1, 1931 as adjutant of the first course at the Dresden Infantry School.

On July 1, 1933, he was transferred back to his previous association and became chief of the 11th company of the regiment. When the Reichswehr was expanded to include the Wehrmacht , he was promoted to company commander in the Munich infantry regiment on October 1, 1934 .

When the units were exposed on October 15, 1935, he was appointed chief of the 9th Company of the 99 Mountain Infantry Regiment in Lindau, and on October 6, 1936 he joined the Regimental Staff of the 99 Mountain Infantry Regiment and became a major on January 1, 1937 promoted. On April 1, 1938, he was appointed adjutant of the Mountain Brigade. By renaming the staff, he was appointed a little later as adjutant of the 1st Mountain Division . In this role he was deployed in the summer of 1939 after being mobilized for World War II. With this large association he was deployed at the beginning of the war in late summer 1939 during the attack on Poland . From autumn 1939 his division was on the western front and he took part in the western campaign as a division adjutant in the spring of 1940 .

After the campaign in the west, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1940. On August 1, 1940, appointed commander of the 1st Battalion, 100 Mountain Infantry Regiment. In the spring of 1941 he led the battalion in the Association of the 1st Mountain Division in the Balkan campaign .

In the summer of 1941 he was used in the attack on the Soviet Union as part of Army Group South . On July 17, 1941, cabinet was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as a lieutenant colonel . On July 31, 1941, he gave up command and joined the Führerreserve. On January 23, 1942, he was appointed commander of the infantry staff of the 71st Infantry Division in France. As early as April 1, 1942, he gave up command and was appointed Adjutant (IIb) of Army Group A on October 10, 1942 , and was deployed in this function in the southern section of the Eastern Front during the attack on the Caucasus.

At that time, the staff was responsible for the Kuban bridgehead. On January 23, 1944, he was relieved and reassigned to the Führerreserve and on February 10, 1944, he was appointed as the successor to Lieutenant General Julius Ringel to lead the 5th Mountain Division . On May 1, 1944, he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the 5th Mountain Division. Promoted to Lieutenant General on November 1, 1944, he relinquished his command to Colonel Hans Steets on January 18, 1945 and was reassigned to the Führer Reserve.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 683.