Müller-Gebhard, Philipp (72.Infanterie-Division)
- Date of birth:
- October 15th, 1889 (Heidelberg/Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 2nd, 1970 (Ludwigsburg/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
In service from 16th July 1908.
Promotions:
16th July 1908: Fahnenjunker;
18th December1908: Unteroffizier;
20th April 1909: Fähnrich;
27th January 1910: Leutnant;
27th January 1915: Oberleutnant;
18th April 1917: Hauptmann;
1st June 1935: Oberstleutnant;
20th April 1936: Oberst;
1st January 1940: Generalmajor;
1st January 1942: Generalleutnant.
Career:
16th July 1908: 3. / Train Bataillon 14 / 1. / Train-Abteilung 14.A.K.Feld;
16th November 1914: stellv. Kompanieführer M.G. Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 111;
1st December 1914: Adjutant I. / Infanterie-Regiment 111;
23rd February 1917 - 1st March 1917: stellv. Bataillonführer I. / Infanterie-Reigment 111;
20th May 1917: wounded E. / Infanterie-Regiment 111;
14th June 1917: I. Ersatz-Bataillon / Infanterie-Reigment 111;
25th June 1917: Adjutant 56.Infanterie-Brigade;
14th December 1918: transfer E. / Infanterie-Regiment 111;
27th February 1919: Kommandierung Freiwilliges Bataillon 1.Badisches;
11th October 1921 - 30th September 1934: Badische Landespolizei;
1st October 1934: Wehrmacht;
1st October 1934: Bataillons Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 35, Tübingen;
6th October 1936: Regiments Kommandeur Infanterie-Reigment 13, Ludwigsburg;
27th October 1939: Divisionskommandeur 165.Infanterie-Division;
28th April 1941: Kommandeur rückw.Armeegebiet Tripolis;
22nd August 1941 - 30th September 1941: Führung Afrika-Korps;
15th December 1941 - 1st November 1943: Divisionskommandeur 72.Infanterie-Division;
Feburary 1944 - 15th february 1945: Wehrmachtkommandant Prag;
5th June 1947: releaved from American POW.
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Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Bataillons-Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 35
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Bataillons-Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 35
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Bataillons-Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 35
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Bataillons-Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 35
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 13
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 14th October 1914.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 165.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- February 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 72.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- May 19th, 1942
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 6th June 1915.
Medaglia commemorativa della campagna italo-tedesca in Africa
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 27th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 72.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 5th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 72.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 72.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1942
Medalia "Cruciada Impotriua Comunismului"
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 72.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 28th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 72.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- February 10th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Wehrmachtkommandant Prag
- Awarded on:
- May 16th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Service record
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