Otto Gabcke

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Otto Gabcke (born November 20, 1882 in Gardelegen , † March 22, 1942 near Charkow ) a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

Gabcke joined the 7th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 158 in Paderborn on October 1, 1903 as a flag junior . There he was on 24 April 1904. Ensign appointed and in the following years on January 27, 1905 lieutenant and on January 27, 1913 Lieutenant promoted.

With the outbreak of World War I , he was deployed with the regiment as a company commander on the Western Front . It was here that he was appointed commander of the 1st battalion on October 24, 1914 and promoted to captain two months later . In Reims Gabcke was wounded on 30 July 1918 and returned to his recovery in September to his post as battalion commander back.

After the end of the war and demobilization on December 19, 1918 at the garrison site, the Freikorps named after Gabcke, consisting of two battalions, was formed from parts in January 1919 . On October 1, 1919, he was accepted into the Reichswehr and served as commander of the 1st Battalion of the Reichswehr Rifle Regiment 13. A year later he was transferred to the staff of the 18th Infantry Regiment . From April 1, 1924 to September 30, 1926 Gabcke then acted as company commander and was then with the staff of the training battalion in Detmold . From April 1, 1926 Gabcke was used again as a company commander and six months later switched to the infantry school as a teacher and supervisory officer. There he was promoted to major on February 1, 1927 . After three years of teaching, Gabcke was transferred to the headquarters of the 15th Infantry Regiment in Giessen on October 1, 1929 . On February 1, 1930, he was appointed commander of the III. Battalion in Kassel , which he commanded for the next two years. As a lieutenant colonel (since April 1, 1931) he returned to the regimental staff a year later and was appointed commander of the 3rd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment in Deutsch-Eylau on February 1, 1933 . In this capacity he became a colonel on October 1, 1933 . Gabcke gave up this command on April 30, 1935 and then worked as a military replacement inspector. As such, he was promoted to major general on October 1, 1936 and lieutenant general on June 1, 1938.

With the beginning of the Second World War Gabcke remained at his post and became its commander with the formation of the 294th Infantry Division . The division was deployed in the western campaign , in the Balkan campaign and, from June 1941, at Operation Barbarossa . Gabcke fell on March 22, 1942 in the southern section of the Eastern Front.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1924, p. 142.
personal data
SURNAME Gabcke, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Guards
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1942
Place of death Kharkov