Werner Kolb

Werner Kolb (born July 27, 1895 in Burbach , † February 18, 1975 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German officer , most recently Major General of the Wehrmacht Reserve .

Life

Werner Kolb joined the 55th Infantry Regiment as a volunteer shortly after the beginning of the First World War in August 1914 and served until 1919. He then worked as an engineer until he was accepted as a reservist in 1936 .

From December 1940 to July 1943 he was in command of the 2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment 36 of the 9th Infantry Division , later renamed the 9th Volksgrenadier Division. He then took over command of the 36th Infantry Regiment until September 1944. In this position, he was awarded the Knight's Cross as Colonel of the Reserve at the end of June 1944 .

In the meantime he was transferred to the Führerreserve in order to be in command of the 9th Volksgrenadier Division from November 1944 until the end of the war. With this he took part in the Ardennes offensive and was promoted to major general of the reserve on February 1, 1945.

In April 1945 he was taken prisoner by the United States.

Awards (selection)

Iron Cross I./II. class
Clasp for the Iron Cross I./II. Class (June 16, 1940, July 4, 1940)
German Cross in Gold as Major of the Reserve as Commander of the 2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment 36 (January 2, 1942)
Knight's Cross as Major in the Reserve as Commander of the 2nd Battalion of Infantry Regiment 36 (June 27, 1942)
Oak leaves for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as Colonel of the Reserve and Commander of Grenadier Regiment 36 (June 26, 1944)

Individual evidence

↑ Trevor N. Dupuy , David L. Bongard, Richard C. Anderson (Jr.), Richard Claire Anderson: Hitler's last gamble: the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945 . HarperCollins, 1994, ISBN 978-0-06-016627-4 ( google.de [accessed June 16, 2019]).
^ Antony Beevor: The Ardennes Offensive 1944: Hitler's Last Battle in the West . C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-641-16963-3 , p. xiv ( google.de [accessed June 16, 2019]).
^ 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. 47 ( google.de [accessed on April 25, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Kolb, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German general
DATE OF BIRTH	July 27, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Burbach
DATE OF DEATH	18th February 1975
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[1] Trevor N. Dupuy , David L. Bongard, Richard C. Anderson (Jr.), Richard Claire Anderson: Hitler's last gamble: the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945 . HarperCollins, 1994, ISBN 978-0-06-016627-4 ( google.de [accessed June 16, 2019]).

[2] Antony Beevor: The Ardennes Offensive 1944: Hitler's Last Battle in the West . C. Bertelsmann Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-641-16963-3 , p. xiv ( google.de [accessed June 16, 2019]).

[3] 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. 47 ( google.de [accessed on April 25, 2019]).