Bader, Robert Hermann (Generalmajor)

Date of birth:: March 14th, 1899 (Landau/Palatinate, Germany)
Date of death:: May 9th, 1945 (Prostnitz, Czechoslovakia)
Buried on:: German War Graves Brno
Plot: 79D. Row: 6. Grave: 381.
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
April 19th, 1917: Fahnenjunker;
January 7th, 1918: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier;
May 28th, 1918: Fähnrich;
August 12th, 1918: Leutnant (RDA May 1st, 1918);
July 31st, 1925: Oberleutnant (RDA May 1st, 1925);
July 1st, 1933: Hauptmann;
January 1st, 1937: Major im Generalstab;
June 1st, 1939: Oberstleutnant im Generalstab;
February 1st, 1942: Oberst im Generalstab;
April 20th, 1945: Generalmajor.

Career:
?: Volksschule, Landshut;
?: humanistische Gymnasium, München;
April 19th, 1917: 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
July 3rd, 1917 - September 17th, 1917: Fahnenjunker-Lehrgang, Grafenwöhr;
June 15th, 1918 - September 14th, 1918: Fahnenjunker-Lehrgang, Freising;
October 21st, 1918: stellvertretender Kompaniechef 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
November 1st, 1918: Kompaniechef, 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
November 6th, 1918: Odronnanz-Offizier, Stab, 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
November 12th, 1918: Kompaniechef 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
December 12th, 1918: stellvertretender Kompaniechef 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
January 1st, 1919: Bataillons-Adjutant 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
February 22nd, 1919: Kompaniechef 2. Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Kronprinz";
May 10th, 1919: Reichswehr-Schützen-Regiment 42;
August 28th, 1920: 42. Gebirgsjäger-Bataillon;
October 1st, 1920: Infanterie-Regiment 42;
January 1st, 1921: Kompanieoffizier, 19. (Bayer.) Infanterie-Regiment;
September 18th, 1924 - October 15th, 1924: MG-Lehrgang, Grafenwöhr;
October 1924: 12. (MG.) Kompanie, 19. (Bayer.) Infanterie-Regiment;
October 1st, 1926 - February 20th, 1927: Lehrgang, Dresden;
October 1st, 1929: Adjutant, III. (Jäger-) Bataillon, 19. (Bayer.) Infanterie-Regiment;
October 1st, 1931: Führergehilfenausbildung, Stab, 5. Division;
May 21st 1934: Referent Reichswehrministerium;
May 1st, 1935: Referent Reichskriegsministerium;
July 1st, 1935: Referent 2. Abteilung, Generalstab des Heeres;
October 12th, 1937: Kompaniechef, Infanterie-Regiment 19;
June 8th, 1938: Stab, Heeresgruppen-Kommando 2;
November 10th, 1938: Offizier für Sonderaufgaben, Oberkommando des Heeres;
March 1st, 1939: 1. Generalstabsoffizier (Ia) 3. Gebirgs-Division;
September 25th, 1940: Führer-Reserve, Quartiermeister 18. Armee;
January 15th, 1941: Quartiermeister, 15. Armee;
November 10th, 1941: Quartiermeister 12. Armee;
September 15th, 1942: Quartiermeister 6. Armee;
August 1st, 1943: Chef des Generalstabes XXV. Armeekorps;
1944: Chef des Generalstabes, Atlantikfestung Lorient;
December 25th, 1944: Führerreserve OKH., at the same time as Führerreserve Oberbefehlshaber West (with Wehrkreis XVIII);
January 26th, 1945: Commanded to Oberbefehlshaber West for training as Divisionskommandeur;
January 26th, 1945: 17. Divisionsführer Lehrgang;
February 22nd, 1945: Führer 4. Gebirgs-Division;
April 6th, 1945: Führer 304. Infanterie-Division;
April 17th, 1945: Führer 97. Jäger-Division;
April 20th, 1945: Kommandeur 97. Jäger-Division.