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~SOLD~PHILIPPI Alfred
Generalmajor
Philippi, Alfred *
03.08.1903 Bübingen
+ 15.06.1994
Awraded Knights Cross 14.05.1944
as: Oberst Funktion: Kommandeur GrenRgt 535
Alfred Philippi occurred on 1 April 1924 as a cadet in the Army a. The son of a civil engineer came here for . 13 (Württ.) Infantry Regiment . On August 1, 1928 he became the 11th (Sächs.) Infantry Regiment promoted to lieutenant. As such, it was then used in the coming years as a company officer. Then the next time he was part of the 3rd Company of the 11th (Sächs.) Infantry Regiment in Freiberg (Saxony). 1930/31 he was then the 15th Company of the 11th (Sächs.) Infantry Regiment transferred to Döbeln. In the spring of 1932 he was part of the 13. (Minenwerfer-) Company of the 11th (Sächs.) Infantry Regiment in Leipzig. On May 1, 1932 he was promoted to lieutenant. On May 7, 1932, he married Luise hand man. This connection sprang five children. With the enlargement of the Reichswehr into the Wehrmacht when he came on 1 October 1934. Infantry Regiment Königsbrück . In this he was employed as the head of the 14th Company. This he did in the unmasking of associations on October 15, 1935 to the infantry regiment 53 . On 1 December 1935 he was promoted to captain. As such, it was then from 6 October 1936 as head of the 13th Company of Infantry Regiment 53 used. On 1 October 1938 he was appointed regimental adjutant of Infantry Regiment 73 appointed in Hannover. As such, he was then employed at the beginning of the 2nd World War in the summer of 1939 during the Polish campaign. On 1 December 1939, he was then as aide-de-camp to the 211th Infantry Division added. In mid-January 1940, he was then commanded about a three-month general staff course. Even in early April 1940, he was then treated in the surgery department of the Army General Staff in the Army High Command (OKH). On April 1, 1942 he was promoted there to Lieutenant Colonel. As such, it was on May 1, 1942 1 Staff Officer (Ia) of the 111th Infantry Division appointed. On December 1, 1942, he was then with simultaneous promotion to Colonel for the Ia 306th Infantry Division appointed. On February 1, 1943, he was then the leader of the battle group 304th Infantry Division appointed. On 1 March 1943 he was appointed commander of the new Grenadier Regiment 535 appointed in France. From the autumn of 1943 he led his regiment in the southern sector of the Eastern Front. On April 1, 1944, he was mentioned by name in the Wehrmacht report: "The commander of Grenadier Regiment Colonel Philippi was marked by exceptional bravery." him the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded On 14 May 1944th In summer 1944, he gave his command and was transferred to the reserve leader. In early August 1944, he was then ordered in this 13th Division leaders course to Hirschberg. In September 1944 he became the leader of the 361st Volksgrenadier Division appointed. On 1 January 1945 he was promoted to Major General. As such, he was then appointed commander of the 361st Volksgrenadier Division appointed. With the surrender of the German Wehrmacht, he then came into Allied hands. From this he was released in late 1947 again.
After the war he worked later as a recognized author. So in 1962 appeared the acclaimed works: "The campaign against the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1945: An operational overview" which he with former Lieutenant General Ferdinand Heim wrote in Stuttgart.
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