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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Karl Herman Ludwig Burdach

Burdach, Karl Herman Ludwig

Lieutenant-General

* 28th of July 1891

† 30th of December 1976

Promotions

1934-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-04-01 Colonel
1941-06-01 Major-General
1942-11-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-10-01 1935-10-15 Attached to 4th Infantry Division
1935-10-15 1937-10-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 50th Artillery Regiment
1937-10-01 1937-10-12 Attached to the Ministry of War
1937-10-12 1938-02-04 Chief of Replacement Affairs Section, Ministry of War
1938-02-04 1939-09-25 Chief of Replacement Affairs Section, Army High Command OKH
1939-09-25 1940-04-01 Commanding Officer 194th Artillery Regiment
1940-04-01 1941-08-06 Artillery Commander 123
1940-06-22 1940-06-30 Commanding Officer Advanced Detachment, I Corps
1941-07-01 1941-07-11 Commanding Officer Advanced Group, I Corps
1941-07-12 1941-07-25 Commanding Officer Group Burdach
1941-08-06 1942-12-07 General Officer Commanding 251st Infantry Division
1942-12-07 1943-02-01 Commanding Officer Group Burdach
1943-02-01 1943-06-09 Acting General Officer Commanding XXVII Corps
1943-06-09 1943-06-30 Unemployed
1943-06-30 1943-07-09 Attached to Army Group North
1943-07-09 1943-09-07 Ill and hospitalised
1943-09-07 1944-05-24 General Officer Commanding 11th Infantry Division
1944-05-24 1944-06-23 Unemployed
1944-06-23 1944-07-05 Attached to Army Group North Ukraine for Special Artillery Mission
1944-07-05 1944-07-28 Acting Higher Artillery Commander 311
1944-07-28 1944-09-07 Higher Artillery Commander 311
1944-09-07 1944-09-25 Unemployed
1944-09-25 1945-04-17 Higher Artillery Commander 320
1945-04-17 1947-12-20 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1947-12-20 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299495