Fahrmbacher, Wilhelm, born on 19-09-1888, in Zweibrücken,
seven months before Adolf Hitler
(did you know), joined the Army on 18-07-1907, age 18, in the 5th Feldartillerie-Regiment „König Alfons XIII. von Spanien“ in Landau. He is all the time on the Western Front
in France during World War I and ends the war as a Hauptmann. He is allowed in the new Reichswehr
, on 31-07-1937 promoted to Generalmajor and at the beginning of World War II, he is promoted to Generalleutnant with the command of the 5th Infantry Division. He
is fighting during the Poland invasion
and in Mai 1940 transferred to the Western Front against France. He becomes a General on 20-10-1940 with the command of the VIII Army Corps and involved in Operation Barbarossa
in June 1941. He is temporary in the Führer Reserve and assigned in Mai 1942 as commander of the XXV Army Corps in France. Shortly after the beginning of Operation Overlord he becomes commander of Army Group Normandy, but loses this post soon and assigned as commander of the units in Bretagne. When the Allied start the attack on Bretagne
he had to retreat with his troops to Lorient, but surrounded by the 4th Infantry Division
under command of Major General Walter Prosser, on 09-08-1944. The 4th division ha d the next casualties during there European campaign: total battle casualties: 22.660, killed in action: 4.097, wounded in action: 17.371, missing in action: 461, prisoner of war: 731 and days of combat: 299










After little resistance Fahrmbacher here with Erwin Rommel in Normandy



Death and burial ground of Fahrmbacher, Wilhelm.










Also buried here Oberst der Flieger, Organisater of “Zahme Sau “ tactics, Victor von Lossberg, Generalleutnant der Flieger, command of the 12/13 Air Material Group, Theodor Triendl,
Generalmajor der Flieger, Kommandeur des Flughafen-Bereichs 2/XVII, Wilhelm Voelk, General der Flieger, Kommandeur Luftregio Belgium-France, Wilhelm Wimmer and Admiral, Reichs Commissioner at the Upper Prize Court in Berlin, Hermann Densch.



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