Jais, Maximillian Josef Franz Xaver, born 04-03-1891 in Munich 
, entered the Army as a war volunteer in the 7th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment on 01-10-1912, age 21. Maximllian was in the fields of the first war with this Regiment and retired on 03-01-1919, but reactivated in the new Reichswehr 
on 05-05-1919. At the beginning of World War II he was Führer Reserve Military District Command XVIII to 01-01-1940. He was in the infamous Führer Reserve from 10-12-1940 to 21-12-1940 and from 02-12-1940 to 01-04-1943 and commander of the 188 th Division, until 08-10-1943. Commander of the 188th Reserve Mountain Division 
until 20-10-1943 and Commander of the Infantry before he landed again in the Reserve until 20-03-1944.
, entered the Army as a war volunteer in the 7th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment on 01-10-1912, age 21. Maximllian was in the fields of the first war with this Regiment and retired on 03-01-1919, but reactivated in the new Reichswehr on 05-05-1919. At the beginning of World War II he was Führer Reserve Military District Command XVIII to 01-01-1940. He was in the infamous Führer Reserve from 10-12-1940 to 21-12-1940 and from 02-12-1940 to 01-04-1943 and commander of the 188 th Division, until 08-10-1943. Commander of the 188th Reserve Mountain Division until 20-10-1943 and Commander of the Infantry before he landed again in the Reserve until 20-03-1944.During the Second World War, the Führer Reserve 
was a group of functionless military officers (führer), who – at least formally – were waiting for a new command.The supreme commands of the various armed forces, the army groups (Heeresgruppe) and armies (Armee), each had their Führer reserve, which could be disposed of at their own discretion. In the second half of the war, more and more officers were employed who were seen as politically unreliable or militarily incompetent. The members of the Führer Reserve had to stay at their assigned station and be at the disposal of their superiors, but were not allowed to exercise command functions. This amounted to a temporary retirement with retention of wages.The duration of the stay in the reserve could vary from a few days (General Helmuth Weidling), 
months (Walter Model) 
to several years (Walther von Brauchitsch), 
after the decision had been taken not to deploy the officer in question anymore, but also not to dismiss.
was a group of functionless military officers (führer), who – at least formally – were waiting for a new command.The supreme commands of the various armed forces, the army groups (Heeresgruppe) and armies (Armee), each had their Führer reserve, which could be disposed of at their own discretion. In the second half of the war, more and more officers were employed who were seen as politically unreliable or militarily incompetent. The members of the Führer Reserve had to stay at their assigned station and be at the disposal of their superiors, but were not allowed to exercise command functions. This amounted to a temporary retirement with retention of wages.The duration of the stay in the reserve could vary from a few days (General Helmuth Weidling), months (Walter Model) to several years (Walther von Brauchitsch), after the decision had been taken not to deploy the officer in question anymore, but also not to dismiss.Maximillian was Wehrmacht Commander of Luxembourg to 10-09-1944 and Commander of Section Jais at the Westwall 
to Mai 1945. Commander of the “ Jais Division” to September 1944 and in captivity until 12-05-1947.
to Mai 1945. Commander of the “ Jais Division” to September 1944 and in captivity until 12-05-1947.Death and burial ground of Jais, Maximillian Josef Franz Xaver.
Retired in Siegsdorf, where he at the age of 65 died, on 24-01-1957. Maximillian Jais is buried with his wife Maria, who died old age 91 on 08-05-1987, on the Stadtfriedhof of Siegsdorf.
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