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Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart

Date of birth:
December 26th, 1904 (Dieuze, France)
Date of death:
February 16th, 1987 (Freudenstadt, Bade-Württemberg, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

00.04.1923: entered the Reichswehr
05.04.1923: promoted to Fahnenjunker 16. Reiter-Regiment
00.00.1925: Fähnrich
01.12.1926: promoted to Leutnant (3)
00.00.1926-00.00.1934: Regimentsadjutant, 16. Reiter-Regiment
01.02.1929: promoted to Oberleutnant (39)
01.11.1934: promoted to Rittmeister (23)
00.00.1934-.00.00.1936: Kriegsakademie - Berlin
00.00.1936-.00.00.1939: 2. Abteilung, Generalstab, OKH
15.01.1938: promoted to Hauptmann i.G.
00.00.1939-00.06.1940: Ia, Stab, Infanterie-Division 93
10.07.1940: Ib, XVII. Armee-Korps
01.10.1940: Adjutant, Generalstab, OKH, Berlin
01.02.1941: promoted to Major i.G. (53a)
01.03.1942: promoted to Oberstleutnant i.G. (353)
23.10.1942-16.11.1942: Führerreserve OKH
00.03.1943-00.05.1943: Kdr, 16. Panzer-Division
01.03.1943-31.12.1943: Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 24
01.11.1943: promoted to Oberst i.G. (20c)
01.01.1944: Führer-Reserve - Chef P 3, HPA
06.02.1944: Sonderaufträge - Chef, General-Stab des Heeres
00.04.1944-01.09.1944: Chef, Generalstab, XXXXVI. Panzer-Korps
01.09.1944: Chef, Generalstab, III. Panzer-Armee
01.03.1945: promoted to Generalmajor
02.05.1945-00.01.1947: captured in Hagenow ivo Schwerin-Wismar - British POW
00.01.1947-00.01.1948: US POW then released
00.00.1955: entered the Bundeswehr as Oberst
01.12.1955: promoted to Brigadegeneral
00.12.1957-01.04.1959: Kdr, 1. Grenadier-Division
01.04.1959-15.03.1961: Kdr, 1. Panzer-Grenadier-Division
15.03.1961: promoted to Generalleutnant
15.03.1961-31.03.1965: Chef J5 - SHAPE, Paris
31.03.1965: retired

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:
Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 24, 24. Panzer-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 11th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 25th, 1942
Vapaudenristin 1.luokan Mannerheim-risti (MR 1)

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