(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Erich Eisenbach
Born: 24 Feb 1882 in Ulm, Danube (Donau)
Died: 07 Jul 1964 in Ulm, Danube (Donau)
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1913); Oberleutnant (20 Sep 1918); Polizei-Oberleutnant (30 Jan 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Mar 1921); Polizei-Major (01 Jun 1933); Major (16 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1913)
Leutnant in the 110th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1913-07 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the 110th Infantry-Regiment (07 Aug 1914-01 Nov 1914)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 110th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1914-06 Jan 1915)
Transferred to the 2nd Replacement-MG-Company of the 54th Infantry-Brigade (06 Jan 1915-29 May 1915)
In the Field with the 222nd MG-Platoon of the 26th Infantry-Division (29 May 1915-03 Sep 1916)
Detached to the 2nd MG-Company of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (03 Sep 1916-28 May 1916)
Transferred into the 2nd MG-Company of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (28 May 1916-11 Oct 1916)
Transferred into the MG-Company of the I. Battalion of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (11 Oct 1916-14 Mar 1917)
Transferred into the 7th Field-Airship-Battalion (14 Mar 1917-22 Mar 1917)
Transferred into the 19th Balloon-Platoon (22 Mar 1917-01 Jun 1917)
Leader of the 23rd Balloon-Platoon (01 Jun 1917-25 Aug 1917)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 1st Airship-Battalion and Detached as Adjutant with the Command of the Military Gas Institute (25 Aug 1917-25 Nov 1917)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 3rd Airship-Battalion (25 Nov 1917-28 Dec 1917)
Leader of the 141st Balloon-Platoon (28 Dec 1917-18 Feb 1919)
Transferred to the Airship-Company Friedrichshafen (18 Feb 1919-29 Oct 1919)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service (30 Jan 1920)
With the W�rttemberg Police (30 Jan 1920-01 Apr 1921)
Police-Unit-Leader with the Police in Friedrichshafen (01 Apr 1921-1930)
Police-Unit-Leader with the Police in Stuttgart (1930-00 Mar 1933)
Personnel Officer with the State-Police-Inspection Stuttgart, later Pforzheim (00 Mar 1933-16 Mar 1936)
Transferred to Army Service (16 Mar 1936)
Assigned to the Staff of Army-Service-Office 7 (16 Mar 1936-15 May 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 110th Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 104th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-01 Dec 1939)
Detached to Course for Heavy Infantry Weapons in D�beritz (02 Jun 1937-12 Jun 1937)
Chief Of Examination-Staff Zweibr�cken then Ludwigshafen, Military-Replacement-Inspection Mannheim (01 Dec 1939-01 Jan 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve, Military-District-Command XII (01 Jan 1940-1940)
Commander of Military-District-Command Zweibr�cken (1940-20 Jul 1941)
Commander of the 352nd Infantry-Regiment (20 Jul 1941-18 Jul 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (18 Jul 1942-05 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 861st Fortress-Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1942-05 Sep 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (05 Sep 1943-15 Oct 1943)
Detached to the Military Commander France (15 Oct 1943-05 Dec 1943)
Field Commandant 1042, Corinth (05 Dec 1943-20 Apr 1944)
Field Commandant 817, Athens (20 Apr 1944-06 Nov 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (06 Nov 1944-22 Jan 1945)
Field Commandant 641, Eifel (22 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-20 Oct 1949)
Released (20 Oct 1949)

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