Walter Buhle
Walter Buhle (born October 26, 1894 in Heilbronn , † December 28, 1959 in Stuttgart ) was a German officer , most recently General of the Infantry and Chief of the Army Staff in the High Command of the Wehrmacht and Chief of the Army Weapons Office in World War II .
Life
Buhle joined the infantry regiment "King Wilhelm I." (6th Württembergisches) No. 124 on October 10, 1913 as a Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter . At the war school in Bad Hersfeld he was promoted to Fahnenjunker NCO on December 1, 1913 and to ensign on March 22, 1914 . When the First World War broke out , he returned to his regiment and served with it on the Western Front. In April 1915, Lieutenant Buhle (since August 7, 1914) moved to Fusilier Regiment No. 122 and was seriously wounded there. After his recovery he switched to the pioneer group and held various posts until the end of the war. On March 22, 1918, he was promoted to first lieutenant before he was accepted into the Reichswehr at the end of the war . There he served as a company commander and was promoted to captain in the Army Department T1 of the troop office in Berlin on April 1, 1926 . Further uses in the Reichswehr Ministry followed . Buhle was company commander in the 13th Infantry Regiment from October 1, 1930 to December 1, 1932. He then moved back to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin, where he was promoted to major on October 1, 1933, and to lieutenant colonel on April 1, 1936 . From October 6, 1936, he was in command of the 2nd Battalion of the 87th Infantry Regiment until October 12, 1937. He then moved to the V Army Corps as chief of operations staff. On November 10, 1938, he was transferred to the Army High Command in Berlin, where he was promoted to colonel on January 1, 1939 .
During the mobilization for the attack on Poland , Buhle was appointed head of the operations department in the Army High Command on August 26, 1939. He held this position with promotion to major general (August 1, 1940) until January 21, 1942. Subsequently, in February 1942, he was appointed Chief of the Army Staff in the High Command of the Wehrmacht . In the following period he was promoted to Lieutenant General on April 1, 1942 and to General of the Infantry on April 1, 1944. In the of Claus von Stauffenberg committed assassination on 20 July 1944 in the Wolf's Lair , he was slightly wounded. On February 1, 1945 Buhle was appointed head of the Army Weapons Office. He held this position until the end of the war. From May 8, 1945 , he was in American captivity , from which he was released in June 1947.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords
- Knight's Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit Order
- Wound badge (1918) in black
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge July 20, 1944
literature
- Dermot Bradley: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. Volume 2. Biblio, Bissendorf 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1930, p. 143.
- ^ Jörg Nimmergut : German medals and decorations until 1945. Volume 4. Württemberg II - German Empire. Central Office for Scientific Order Studies , Munich 2001, ISBN 3-00-00-1396-2 , p. 2228.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buhle, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, general of the infantry and chief of the army staff in the high command of the Wehrmacht |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1959 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |