Bio of General der Artillerie Erwin Engelbrecht

General der Artillerie Erwin Engelbrecht
Born: 12 Nov 1891 in Wildpark, District Potsdam
Died: 08 Apr 1964 in Munich (München)

Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (17 Jun 1910); Fähnrich (16 Nov 1910); Leutnant (18 Aug 1911); Oberleutnant (20 Aug 1915); Hauptmann/Rittmeister (18 Aug 1918); Major (01 Nov 1930); Oberstleutnant (01 May 1933); Oberst (01 May 1935); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1940); General der Artillerie (01 Sep 1942)

Career:
Entered Army Service (05 Feb 1910)
Fahnnjunker in the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Feb 1910-31 Jul 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (31 Jul 1914-14 Nov 1914)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Nov 1914-01 Apr 1916)
Leader of the 3rd Battery of the 41st Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1916-19 Feb 1917)
Transferred into the 3rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Feb 1917-25 Feb 1917)
Adjutant of the Artillery-Commander 102 (25 Feb 1917-11 Aug 1918)
Detached as Company-Leader with the 53rd Infantry-Regiment (17 Dec 1917-16 Jan 1918)
Detached as 2nd General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 14th Reserve-Division (17 Jan 1918-04 Feb 1918)
Detached to Service with the General-Command of the VIII. Reserve-Corps (07 Mar 1918-21 Mar 1918)
Detached as Liaison-Officer to the 47th Reserve-Division (21 Mar 1918-25 Mar 1918)
Transferred as 2nd General-Staff-Officer to the Staff of the 14th Reserve-Division (11 Aug 1918-20 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the 41st Field-Artillery-Regiment (20 Dec 1918-30 Jan 1919)
Adjutant of the 9th Field-Artillery-Brigade (30 Jan 1919-00 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of the Reichswehr-Artillery-Leader 29 (00 Mar 1919-16 May 1920)
Transferred into the 8th Mounted-Regiment and Detached to Reichswehr-Command-Office VI (16 May 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Duty Assignment Ended and began Service with the 8th Mounted-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 May 1922)
Regiment-Adjutant of the 8th Mounted-Regiment (01 May 1922-01 Oct 1923)
Detached for Attendance of the University for Politics in Berlin (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1924)
Transferred into the Staff of the 1st Cavalry-Division (01 Oct 1924-01 Feb 1928)
Transferred into the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01 Feb 1928-01 Mar 1928)
Chief of the 3rd Squadron of the 9th Mounted-Regiment (01 Mar 1928-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to Firing-Course for Heavy Infantry Weapons in Döberitz (03 Apr 1930-03 May 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred into the 6th Mounted-Regiment, while retaining previous position (01 Oct 1931-01 May 1933)
Transferred into the Staff of the 1st Division (01 May 1933-01 Jan 1935)
Advisor in the RWM, on 21 May 1935 renamed RKM (01 Jan 1935-01 May 1937)
Commander of Army-Service-Office 11 (01 May 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of Army-Service-Office 30 (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 30th Rifle-Formation (26 Aug 1939-01 Nov 1939)
Commander of Replacement-Troops 2 (01 Nov 1939-18 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 163rd Infantry-Division (18 Nov 1939-15 Jun 1942)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Higher-Command XXXIII (15 Jun 1942-25 Dec 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 Dec 1943-25 Sep 1944)
Commanding General of Higher Command Saarpfalz (25 Sep 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (23): am 09.05.1940 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 163. Infanterie-Division
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 24.06.1918
- 1914 EK I: 31.05.1917
- 1914 EK II: 06.10.1914
- Fürstl. Schaumburg-Lippisches Kreuz für Treue Dienste 1914: 10.05.1918
- Fürstl. Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz: 02.07.1918
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden II. Stufe
- Schlesischer Adler-Orden I. Stufe
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer: 18.01.1935
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I: 00.04.1940
- Spange zum EK II: 00.10.1939
- Finn. Freiheitskreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern: 21.09.1941
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942“: 13.07.1942

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Erwin Engelbrecht (12 November 1891 in Wildpark Potsdam – 8 April 1964 in Munich) was a German military officer. In January 1939 Engelbrecht was promoted to General, in September 1942 to General of the Artillery. During 1939-1942 he was the commander of the 163rd Infantry Division (Engelbrecht Division); later he was assigned to special forces.

On 9 April 1940, on board the German cruiser Blücher, he led the staff of the forces designated to occupy Oslo during the invasion of Norway. When the ship was sunk, he managed to swim ashore. Along with hundreds of other survivors, Engelbrecht was detained by Norwegian guardsmen at a farm near Drøbak for several hours before being abandoned by their captors.

In 1941 his division was allowed to cross Sweden to join Finnish forces in the Finnish invasion of East Karelia (1941), the only such large scale transit at the time.

Engelbrecht took over the leadership of the Höheren Kommandos z.b.V. XXXIII in Trondheim on 15 June 1942, at the same time commander of Central Norway and was promoted to general of the artillery on 1 September 1942. On 23 January 1943 the Higher Command was renamed the XXXIII Army Corps and Engelbrecht remained in command. On 25 December 1943 he was forced to hand over his command to Lieutenant General Ludwig Wolff and was transferred to the Army's Führer Reserve. It was not until 13 September 1944 that he was re-called as leader of the newly formed Higher Command of Saarpfalz, which, however, included only fortification and construction troops.

Engelbrecht surrendered to the American troops in April 1945 and was released from captivity in 1947.

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Engelbrecht
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General/ENGELBRECHT_ERWIN.html