(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Albrecht Baier
Born: 28 Jul 1893 in Frankfurt, Main
Died: 17 Jan 1953 in Weinheim, Bergstraße
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (16 Jun 1913); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (25 Jul 1913); Fähnrich (18 Oct 1913); Leutnant (19 Jun 1914); Oberleutnant (16 Sep 1917); Hauptmann (01 May 1925); Major (01 Feb 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1935); Oberst (01 Feb 1938); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Jan 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (24 Feb 1913)
Fahnenjunker, later Battery-Officer in the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (24 Feb 1914-19 Dec 1915)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Dec 1915-08 Nov 1916)
Adjutant of the 64th Field-Artillery-Brigade (08 Nov 1916-15 Jul 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Jul 1918-20 Dec 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Dec 1918-23 Jan 1919)
Battery-Leader in Artillery-Battalion Hederich in Freikorps Hülsen (23 Jan 1919-01 May 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1919-15 May 1920)
Ordinance-Officer and Temporary-Adjutant with the Staff of Artillery-Leader 3 (15 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 15th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of 3rd Division (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Training in the RWM (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1926)
Advisor in RWM/T 3 (01 Oct 1926-01 Feb 1932)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1932-01 Feb 1933)
Major with the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Feb 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Oct 1934-20 Sep 1935)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the II. Army-Corps (20 Sep 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the 73rd Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-01 Sep 1939)
Führer-Reserve (01 Sep 1939-06 Sep 1939)
Chief of Staff of the Military-Commander Posen (06 Sep 1939-26 Oct 1939)
Chief of the General Staff of the Replacement XXI. Army-Corps (26 Oct 1939-05 Feb 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of the XXXIX. Army-Corps (05 Feb 1940-20 Sep 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of the Replacement XXI. Army-Corps (20 Sep 1940-01 Feb 1942)
Commander of the 102nd Infantry-Division (01 Feb 1942-01 May 1942)
Führer-Reserve (01 May 1942-01 Aug 1942)
Commander of the 342nd Infantry-Division (01 Aug 1942-05 Nov 1943)
Führer-Reserve (05 Nov 1943-20 Feb 1944)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of the 230th Infantry-Division (10 Jan 1944-15 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 297th Infantry-Division (20 Feb 1944-11 Oct 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the XXI. Mountain-Corps (11 Oct 1944-26 Oct 1944)
Commander of the 297th Infantry-Division (26 Oct 1944-08 May 1945)
In US captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 31.08.1943 als Generalleutnant und Komm. 342. Infanteriedivision
- - Ritterkreuz des kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 30.08.1918
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”


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