Bio of Generalleutnant Ernst-Günther Baade

Generalleutnant Ernst-Günther Baade
Born: 20 Aug 1897 in Falkenhagen, District Ostpriegnitz, Brandenburg
Died: 08 May 1945 in Bad Segeberg Hospital, Holstein

Promotions:
Unteroffizier (15 Jun 1915); Fähnrich (28 May 1916); Leutnant (22 Aug 1916); Oberleutnant (01 Dec 1925); Rittmeister (01 Aug 1933); Major (01 Aug 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1940); Oberst (01 Apr 1942); Generalmajor (20 Mar 1944); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1944)

Career:
Entered Army Service (18 Aug 1914)
War-Volunteer in the 9th Ulanen-Regiment (18 Aug 1914-04 Jun 1915)
Transferred into the Replacement-Squadron of the 9th Ulanen-Regiment (04 Jun 1915-16 Jun 1915)
Transferred into the Replacement-Squadron of the 9th Dragoon-Regiment (16 Jun 1915-16 Jan 1916)
Fahnenjunker-Course in Döberitz (11 Jul 1915-28 Aug 1915)
Further Fähnrich-Tests (16 Jun 1916-11 Mar 1916)
Transferred into the 9th Dragoon-Regiment (11 Mar 1916-12 Mar 1917)
Officer-Training-Course with the Guards-Reserve-Rifle-Battalion (16 Jul 1916-31 Aug 1916)
Detached to the 2nd Cavalry-Rifle-Regiment (21 Sep 1916-08 Nov 1916)
Leader of the Signals-Platoon of the 231st Telephone-Battalion (12 Mar 1917-06 Feb 1918)
Transferred into the 9th Dragoon-Regiment and Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of the 231st Infantry-Brigade (06 Feb 1918-01 Jun 1918)
Taken ill, in Hospital (01 Jun 1918-16 Jul 1918)
With the Staff of the 231st Infantry-Brigade (16 Jul 1918-22 Jul 1918)
Transferred to the 444th Infantry-Regiment (22 Jul 1918-30 Aug 1918) With the Replacement-Squadron of the 9th Dragoon-Regiment (30 Oct 1918-07 Nov 1918)
Transferred into the 9th Dragoon-Regiment (07 Nov 1918-30 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 5th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment at Camp Döberitz (30 Jan 1919-15 May 1920)
Course at the Riding School in Paderborn (01 May 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Retired (15 May 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Apr 1924)
Employed with the 14th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1924-01 Oct 1927)
IV. Officer Weapons School Course in Dresden (01 Oct 1926-20 Feb 1927)
Attended Cavalry School in Hannover (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred into the 10th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1934)
Detached as a Specialist at the Jump-Stable of the Cavalry-School in Hannover (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Chief of the 1st Squadron of the Mounted-Regiment Rathenow (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Mounted-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Chief of the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Cavalry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Detached to the Army Gas Protection School (06 Jan 1939-16 Feb 1939)
Commander of the 17th Reconnaissance-Battalion (26 Aug 1939-14 Dec 1939)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 22nd Mounted-Regiment (14 Dec 1939-15 Aug 1941)
Wounded (15 Aug 1941-15 Oct 1941)
Commander of the 1st Bicycle-Battalion (15 Oct 1941-01 Dec 1941)
Commander of the 4th Motorcycle-Battalion (01 Dec 1941-06 Mar 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (06 Mar 1942-15 Apr 1942)
Detached to the 15th Panzer-Division for use as a Commander of a Rifle-Regiment in Africa (01 Apr 1942-30 Apr 1942)
Commander of the 115th Rifle-Regiment (15 Apr 1942-28 Jul 1942)
Wounded at El Alamein, in Hospital (28 Jul 1942-01 Aug 1942)
Führer-Reserve (01 Aug 1942-23 Apr 1943)
Detached to the Staff of the German General with the High Command of the Royal Italian Armed Forces (01 Dec 1942-22 Apr 1943)
Commander of the Wehrmacht-Employment-Staff Italy (23 Apr 1943-28 Oct 1943)
German Commander of the Messina Straight (14 Jul 1943-19 Aug 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 15th Panzer-Division (10 Sep 1943-03 Nov 1943)
Führer-Reserve – At the end of November 1943 for 2 weeks, was Temporary-Commander of the 65th Infantry-Division (28 Oct 1943-20 Dec 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 90th Panzer-Grenadier-Division (20 Dec 1943-01 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 90th Panzer-Grenadier-Division (01 Feb 1944-10 Dec 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Dec 1944-13 Jan 1945)
3rd Course for Commanding Generals in Hirschberg (05 Jan 1945-13 Jan 1945)
Führer-Reserve – Military-District-Command III (13 Jan 1945-24 Feb 1945)
Führer-Reserve – Military-District-Command XI (24 Feb 1945-01 Mar 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the LXXXI. Army-Corps (01 Mar 1945-06 Mar 1945)
Battle-Commandant of Cologne (06 Mar 1945-09 Mar 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the LXXXI. Army-Corps (09 Mar 1945-13 Mar 1945)
The Commander-in-Chief of Army Group B requested Baade to immediately report in person to the HQ of Army Group B; Baade reports himself ill (13 Mar 1945-18 Apr 1945)
Delegated for Detachment to the Staff of Commander-in-Chief North-West, post did not become effective (18 Apr 1945)
Near the Estate Neverstaden, Holstein he was wounded by British fighter-bombers, and was brought to hospital in Bad Segeberg (24 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
Died of his injuries (08 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz (1026): am 27.06.1942 als Oberst und Kommandeur Schützen-Regiment 115
- Eichenlaub (402): am 22.02.1944 als Oberst und Führer 90. Panzer-Grenadier-Division (13.05.1944: Überreichung des Eichenlaubs im FHQ Rastenburg durch Adolf Hitler)
- Schwerter (111): am 16.11.1944 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur 90. Panzer-Grenadier-Division (29.12.1944: Überreichung der Schwerter durch den Kommandeur der Kriegsakademie Hirschberg)
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (9/1): am 02.11.1941 als Oberstleutnant und Kommandeur I. Abteilung/ Reiter-Regiment 22
- 1914 EK I: 24.12.1917
- 1914 EK II: 25.11.1916
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz: 01.07.1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918: 05.02.1935
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Spange zum EK I: 05.06.1940
- Spange zum EK II : 18.09.1939
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber
- 1 Sonderabzeichen für Panzervernichtung durch Einzelkämpfer
- Ärmelband “Afrika”
- Wehrmachtbericht: 08.02.1944; 27.05.1944

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Ernst-Günther Baade (20 August 1897 – 8 May 1945) volunteered for military service in 1914 and fought during World War I. During World War II, in March 1942 Baade was assigned to the active reserve of officers (Führerreserve). He subsequently transferred to the 15th Panzer Division in North Africa and took command of the 115th Rifle Regiment on 15 April 1942, at that time committed to action in Libya and Cyrenaica.

Baade became a legend in the Afrika Korps. In May 1942 he took part in the Battle of Bir Hakeim. Baade was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions during the battle. He was wounded on 28 July 1942 at El-Alamein, and evacuated to Germany.

During the evacuation of German forces from Sicily to the Italian mainland in early August 1943, Baade was placed in charge of the force defending the Straits of Messina. Baade commanded the 90th Infantry Division in the Battle of Monte Cassino. He was known for his occasionally eccentric behavior, his very small staff, and his frequent front-line inspection visits, all of which made him popular with his troops. He was awarded a Tank Destruction Badge for the single-handed destruction of an enemy tank with an infantry weapon.

Baade was wounded on 24 April 1945, when his staff car was strafed by a British fighter aircraft near Neverstaven in Holstein. He died of gangrene in a hospital at Bad Segeberg on 8 May 1945.

Source :
Bundesarchiv photo collection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst-G%C3%BCnther_Baade
http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant/BAADE_ERNST.html
https://ww2colorfarbe.blogspot.com/2022/01/bio-of-generalleutnant-ernst-gunther.html