Generalleutnant Curt Bernard
Born: 09 Dec 1886 in Berlin
Died: 02 Dec 1954 in Göttingen
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Nov 1905); Leutnant (18 Aug 1906); Oberleutnant (17 Feb 1914); Rittmeister (18 Jun 1915); Major (01 Feb 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1932); Oberst (01 Aug 1934); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1939)
Career:
Entered Army Service (26 Mar 1905)
Fahnenjunker in the 15th Dragoon-Regiment (26 Mar 1905-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the Riding School Paderborn (01 Oct 1906-30 Jun 1907)
Detached to the Riding School Hannover (01 Oct 1910-01 Oct 1912)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Observer with the 4th Field-Flying-Battalion;
Director of the Observer-School of the Test-Park West;
Leader of the 19th Field-Flying-Battalion;
With the General-Staff of Army-Group Linsingen;
With the General-Staff of the 19th Landwehr-Division (01 Aug 1914-1917)
With the General-Staff of Army-Detachment Gronau (1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 7th Landwehr-Division (1917-1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Corps Knoerzer (1918-1919)
With the General-Staff of the Government Graudenz (1919)
Transferred into the 5th Mounted-Regiment (1919-1920)
Squadron-Chief in the 14th Mounted-Regiment (1920-01 Jun 1922)
Instructor at the Naval School in Mürwik (01 Jun 1922-01 Oct 1924)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the Inspection of the Cavalry, RWM (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1926)
With the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1926-01 Feb 1929)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader VI (01 Feb 1929-01 Oct 1930)
Instructor at the Cavalry School Hannover (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1931)
Commander of the Fähnrich-School of the Cavalry School, Hannover (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Chief of Staff of the 2nd Cavalry-Division (01 Oct 1933-15 Mar 1935)
Chief of the General-Staff of the VIII. Army-Corps (15 Mar 1935-01 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 3rd Rifle-Brigade (01 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1937)
Chief of the General-Staff of Army-Group-Command 4 (01 Apr 1937-00 Aug 1939)
Führer-Reserve (after suffering from a stroke) (00 Aug 1939-15 Dec 1940)
Commander of the Motorised-Division 178 (15 Dec 1940-01 May 1942)
Taken ill – Führer-Reserve (01 May 1942-30 Jun 1943)
Retired (30 Jun 1943)
In Soviet Captivity (04 Dec 1945-24 Oct 1949)
Released (24 Oct 1949)

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