Generalmajor Max Schaller Born: 27 Oct 1896 in Oelsnitz, District Zwickau, Saxony (Sachsen) Died: 24 Mar 1972 in Bremen Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (16 Oct 1915); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (23 Dec 1915); F�hnrich (26 Oct 1916); Leutnant (10 Jan 1917); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1932); Major (01 Apr 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1939); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943) Career:
Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker and Gun-Leader in the 48th Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Jun 1915-09 Jan 1917)
Detached to Field-Artillery-Firing-School J�terbog (11 Sep 1915-10 Oct 1915)
Detached to the Instruction-Battery St. Germainmons (15 Jun 1916-05 Jul 1916)
Battery-Officer in the 48th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Jan 1917-05 Aug 1917)
Severely Wounded, in Hospital (05 Aug 1917-18 Nov 1917)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 48th Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Nov 1917-03 Apr 1918)
Detached to Course with the 7th Replacement-Signals-Battalion, Dresden (25 Jan 1918-17 Feb 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 48th Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Apr 1918-18 Jul 1918)
Severely Wounded, in Hospital (18 Jul 1918-31 Mar 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 48th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1919-04 May 1919)
Adjutant of the Processing-Office of the 48th Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 May 1919-04 Dec 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 12th Artillery-Regiment (05 Dec 1919-06 Feb 1920)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the Temporal-Volunteer-Regiment Dresden (07 Feb 1920-15 May 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 12th Artillery-Regiment (16 May 1920-05 Jul 1920)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 12th Artillery-Regiment (06 Jul 1920-08 Sep 1920)
Signals-Officer of the II. Battalion of the 12th Artillery-Regiment (09 Sep 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Signals-Officer of the II. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-30 Sep 1921)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-30 Jun 1926)
Detached to Flak-Course at the Coastal-Artillery-School Wilhelmshaven (10 May 1924-14 Jun 1924)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the II. Battalion of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1926-30 Sep 1926)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1926-31 May 1928)
Detached to the 7th Signals-Battalion (01 Jun 1928-31 Jul 1928)
Detached to the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Aug 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Battery-Officer in the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-30 Sep 1932)
At the same time Delegated with the Formation of Flak-Evaluation-Troop D�beritz (01 Mar 1930-30 Jun 1932)
Advisor for Flak-Training of Recruits with the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1932-30 Sep 1933)
Squadron-Chief in the 4th Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1933-30 Sep 1934)
Advisor with the Inspection of Flak-Artillery, RLM (01 Oct 1934-30 Sep 1936)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (01 Apr 1935)
Group-Leader with the Inspection of Flak-Artillery, RLM (01 Oct 1936-31 Oct 1938)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 23rd Flak-Regiment (01 Nov 1938-14 Feb 1940)
Department-Chief LP 4 in the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (15 Feb 1940-30 Apr 1942)
Commander of Flak-Brigade V (01 May 1942-19 Jan 1943)
Commander of the 1st Flak-Division (20 Jan 1943-18 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 13th Flak-Division (01 Mar 1944-05 Oct 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the Luftwaffe-Personnel-Office, RLM (06 Oct 1944-03 Dec 1944)
Commander of the 8th Flak-Division (04 Dec 1944-07 May 1945)
In Captivity (07 May 1945-08 May 1947)
Released (08 May 1947)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 01.01.1945 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 8. Flak-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- Kgl. S�chs. Silberne Friedrich August-Medaille
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
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