General der Artillerie Paul Bader Born: 20 Jul 1883 in Lahr, Baden Died: 28 Feb 1971 in Emmendingen Promotions:
F�hnrich (19 Feb 1905); Leutnant (21 May 1906); Oberleutnant (20 Nov 1913); Hauptmann (18 Apr 1915); Major (01 Dec 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1930); Oberst (01 Feb 1933); Genralmajor (01 Dec 1935); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1938); General der Artillerie (01 Jul 1941) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1903)
Fahnenjunker in the 66th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-01 Apr 1910)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 66th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1910-15 Aug 1912)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-12 Oct 1915)
Adjutant of the 39th Field-Artillery-Brigade (12 Oct 1915-07 Jun 1918)
Adjutant of General of Artillery 11 (07 Jun 1918-12 Nov 1918)
With the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Nov 1918-10 Apr 1919)
Commander of the Volunteer-Battery of the 66th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Battery-Chief in the 13th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Battery-Chief in the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1928)
Detached to the Infantry School (Summer 1924)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1928-01 Feb 1931)
With the Staff of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1931-01 Jun 1931)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jun 1931-01 Apr 1933)
Commander of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of Artillery-Regiment Ludwigsburg (01 Oct 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Artillery Commander 2 (01 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1937)
Commander of the 2nd Infantry-Division (01 Apr 1937-01 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 3rd Motorised Infantry-Division (01 Oct 1940-25 May 1941)
Commander of Higher-Command LXV (25 May 1941-10 Apr 1942)
At the same time, Temporary-Commander Serbia (19 Jul 1941-10 Apr 1942)
At the same time, Plenipotentiary Commanding General Serbia (11 Dec 1941-17 Mar 1942)
At the same time, Military Commander Serbia (17 Mar 1942-10 Apr 1942)
Commanding General and Commander Serbia (10 Apr 1942-25 Aug 1943)
Commanding General of XXI. Mountain-Corps (25 Aug 1943-10 Oct 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve (10 Oct 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Retired (31 Mar 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 29.01.1943 als General der Artillerie und Komm. Gen. und Befehlshaber Serbien
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ritterkreuz II Klasse des kgl. W�rttembg. Friedrichs-Orden mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz II Klasse des Grossherzoglich-Badischen Ordens vom Z�hringer L�wen mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
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