General der Infanterie Walter Buhle Born: 26 Oct 1894 in Heilbronn Died: 28 Dec 1959 in Stuttgart Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (10 Oct 1913); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Dec 1913); F�hnrich (22 Mar 1914); Leutnant (07 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1918); Hauptmann (Rittmeister) (01 Apr 1926); Major (01 Oct 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1942); General der Infanterie (01 Apr 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (10 Jul 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 124th Infantry-Regiment (10 Jul 1913-04 Oct 1914)
Detached to the War-School Hersfeld (18 Mar 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Taken ill � Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 124th Infantry-Regiment (04 Oct 1914-14 Dec 1914)
Transferred to the Regiment in the Field (14 Dec 1914-02 Apr 1915)
Transferred to the 122nd Fusilier-Regiment (02 Apr 1915-29 Jun 1915)
Wounded, in hospital, later in the Replacement-Battalion of the 122nd Fusilier-Regiment (29 Jun 1915-30 Oct 1915)
Transferred to the 13th Replacement-Pioneer-Battalion (30 Oct 1915-10 Nov 1915)
Detached to the Mortar-School in Markendorf (10 Nov 1915-29 Nov 1915)
Detached to the Mortar-Park in Berlin (29 Nov 1915-10 Dec 1915)
Detached to the 33rd Mortar-Company (10 Dec 1915-12 Feb 1916)
Detached to the 1st Mortar-Replacement-Battalion (12 Feb 1916-13 Jul 1916)
Transferred to the IV. Mortar-Battalion (13 Jul 1916-18 Dec 1918)
Transferred to the IV. Mortar-Replacement-Battalion (18 Dec 1918-20 Feb 1919)
Transferred back into the 124th Infantry-Regiment (20 Feb 1919-17 Mar 1919)
Leader of the Mortar-Company of the 1st W�rttemberg Volunteer-Regiment (17 Mar 1919-30 Jul 1919)
Company-Officer in the 25th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (30 Jul 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-12 Jan 1921)
Signals-Officer with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (12 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred to the 18th Mounted-Regiment and Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Transferred back into the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1924)
Transferred into the 3rd Mounted-Regiment, Detached for a visit to the College for Politics in Berlin (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1925)
At the same time, Detached to the 7th Mounted-Regiment (04 Jun 1925-17 Sep 1925)
Welfare-Officer with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Jun 1926)
Detached to the 9th Infantry-Regiment, Used in the Reichs-Archives in Berlin, Service with the Director of Department T4/RWM (01 Jun 1926-01 Dec 1926)
Transferred to the Staff of Group-Command, Detached to the Operations-Department in the RWM (01 Dec 1926-01 Apr 1928)
Transferred into the 4th Mounted-Regiment, while retaining his previous position in the RWM (01 Apr 1928-01 Oct 1928)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1930)
Company-Chief in the 13th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1930-01 Dec 1932)
Advisor in the Organisations-Department/T2/RWM (01 Dec 1932-21 May 1935)
Advisor in the Organisations-Department/RKM (21 May 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Advisor in the 2nd Department of the Army General Staff, OKH (01 Jul 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 87th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of V. Army-Corps (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Chief of 2nd Department in the Army General Staff, OKH (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Chief of the Organisations-Department in the General Staff (26 Aug 1939-21 Jan 1942)
Chief of the Army Staff with OKW (12 Jan 1942-01 Feb 1945)
Chief of Wehrmacht Armaments, OKW (01 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz des kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 17.07.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ritterkreuz des kgl. W�rttembg. Milit�r-Verdienstorden
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 20.07.1944
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