(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Rudolf Bamler
Born: 06 May 1896 in Osterburg, Altmark
Died: 13 Mar 1972 in Groß-Glienicke
Promotions:
Fähnrich (03 Oct 1914); Leutnant (31 Dec 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1918); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1927); Major (01 Apr 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1936); Oberst (01 Mar 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1943); Generalmajor der Kasernierten Volkspolizei (01 Oct 1952)
Career:
Entered Army Service (12 Mar 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 59th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Mar 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Battery-Officer in the 59th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-08 Oct 1916)
Observations-Officer of the II. Battalion of the 59th Field-Artillery-Regiment (08 Oct 1916-10 Nov 1916)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 59th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1916-20 Jan 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 59th Field-Artillery-Regiment (29 Jan 1918-30 Jul 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 59th Field-Artillery-Regiment (30 Jul 1918-07 Apr 1919)
Battalions-Adjutant in the Mobile-Volunteer-Guards-Artillery-Regiment (07 Apr 1919-01 Aug 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 15th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment, Regiments-Adjutant and Battery-Officer (01 Jan 1921-01 Jun 1928)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training in Military-District-Command III (01 Oct 1923-30 Sep 1925)
Detached for Training in Transport Affairs (25 Jan 1926-27 Feb 1926)
Detached into the RWM (01 Oct 1927-01 Jun 1928)
Transferred into the 5th Mounted-Regiment, while retaining previous position (01 Jun 1928-10 Aug 1928)
Transferred into the 2nd Motor-Transport-Battalion, while retaining previous position (10 Aug 1928-02 Sep 1928)
Transferred into the 5th Mounted-Regiment, while retaining previous position (02 Sep 1928-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1932)
Transferred into the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-01 Nov 1932)
Battery-Chief in the 1st Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Battery-Chief in Artillery-Regiment Königsberg (01 Oct 1934-01 Dec 1934)
Transferred into the RWM, from 1935, renamed RKM, and on 04 Feb 1938 OKH (01 Dec 1934-24 May 1938)
Chief of Defence-Department III in OKH (24 May 1938-01 Mar 1939)
Commander of the 74th Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1939-26 Aug 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of the Replacement VII. Army-Corps (26 Aug 1938-12 Sep 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of the Military-Commander Danzig-West Prussia (12 Sep 1939-26 Oct 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of the Replacement XX. Army-Corps (26 Oct 1939-25 Nov 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of the XXXXVII. Army-Corps (25 Nov 1940-15 May 1942)
Chief of the General Staff of Army High Command Norway (15 May 1942-30 Apr 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (30 Apr 1944-01 Jun 1944)
Commander of the 12th Infantry-Division (01 Jun 1944-27 Jun 1944)
Captured at Mogilev, USSR and in captivity, Member of the National-Committee of ‘Free Germany’ and the Federal German Officers – Author of the 50 POW Generals of Army-Group Centre (1944) (27 Jun 1944-1946)
Attended an Antifa School (training in Communist Ideology) (1946-1947)
Released (00 May 1950)
Entered Service with the kasernierte Volkspolizei der DDR (1951)
Chief-Inspector and Director of the Volkspolizei-School in Glöwen (1951-01 Oct 1952)
Course in the Soviet Union (1951-01 Oct 1952)
Director of the School for Technical-Officers (Assault-Guns) of the kasernierte Volkspolizei der DDR – Garrison-Senior in Erfurt (01 Oct 1952-1959)
Activities for the Ministry for State Security (1959-1962)
Retired (1962)

Awards & Decorations
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 12.03.1942 als Oberst und Chef des Generalstabes des XLVII Panzerkorps
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”
- - Vaterländischen Verdienstorden in Silber (DDR): 01.03.1966


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