(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Ottomar Babel
Born: 09 Sep 1898 in Rosenbach, District Frankenstein, Silesia (Schleisen)
Died: 31 Dec 1945 (Professed Dead)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (01 Mar 1917); Leutnant (20 May 1917); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1933); Major (01 Oct 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (nachträglich) (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Mar 1917)
Fähnrich in the Replacement-Battalion of the 157th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1917-12 Jun 1917)
Detached to the 23rd Training Course for Platoon and NCO Applicants on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds at Neuhammer (13 Apr 1917-30 Apr 1917)
Detached to the 11th Course for Fahnenjunker on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds at Döberitz (01 May 1917-31 May 1917)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 23rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment and Detached to Platoon-Leader-Course with the Field-Recruitment-Depot of the VI. Army-Corps in St. Souplet (12 Jun 1917-13 Jul 1917)
Transferred into the Field with the 22nd Infantry-Regiment (13 Jul 1917-09 Apr 1918)
Detached into Battle-Course with the Field-Recruitment-Depot of the VI. Reserve-Corps (08 Oct 1917-17 Nov 1917)
Detached to 7th Course at the Army Signals School 4 (31 Dec 1917-26 Jan 1918)
Wounded, Hospital (09 Apr 1918-29 Apr 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 157th Infantry-Regiment (29 Apr 1918-01 Jul 1918)
Transferred into the Field with the 157th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1918-26 Sep 1918)
Wounded, Hospital (26 Sep 1918-16 Oct 1918)
Transferred into the Replacement-Battalion of the 157th Infantry-Regiment (16 Oct 1918-06 Nov 1918)
Transferred into the 4th Special-Purpose-Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (06 Nov 1918-13 Nov 1918)
Transferred back to the Replacement-Battalion of the 157th Infantry-Regiment (13 Nov 1918-21 Nov 1918)
Transferred into the 4th Special-Purpose-Infantry-Replacement-Regiment as Ordinance-Officer with the Regiment-Staff (21 Nov 1918-02 Apr 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 4th Special-Purpose-Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (02 Apr 1919-26 Nov 1919)
Signals-Officer in the 64th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (26 Nov 1919-20 Feb 1920)
Company-Officer in the MG-Company of the 16th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (20 Feb 1920-07 Mar 1920)
Signals and Court Officer of the III. Battalion of the 16th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (07 Mar 1920-12 Jul 1920)
Detached as Ordinance-Officer to the Staff of the 8th Reichswehr-Brigade (28 Apr 1920-12 Jul 1920)
Company-Officer in the MG-Company of the 16th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (12 Jul 1920-13 Dec 1920)
Transferred into the 11th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (13 Dec 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-07 Aug 1922)
Detached to the 3rd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Aug 1921-10 Sep 1921)
Detached to I. Course at the Infantry School in Munich (01 Oct 1921-05 Aug 1922)
Transferred to the 3rd Company of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (07 Aug 1922-19 Aug 1924)
Transferred to the 1st Company of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (19 Aug 1924-01 Oct 1926)
At the same time, was Detached to Commander Oppeln (19 Aug 1924-28 Jul 1926)
Adjutant of the Training-Battalion of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-01 Jul 1929)
Detached to Course for Physical-Training in Wünsdorf (27 Apr 1928-21 Jul 1928)
Transferred to the 12th (MG) Company of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1929-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of the 2nd Division and Detached to the Staff of the 7th Division (Subsidiary Leadership Training) (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Transferred into the 5th Artillery-Regiment and Detached to Command-Office Berlin (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Company-Chief in the 11th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Königsbrück (01 Oct 1934-01 Jul 1935)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Military-District-Command IV (01 Jul 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Detached to the 5th Department of the RKM (05 Aug 1935-17 Aug 1935)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the IV. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Transferred into the Staff of the Command-Office Berlin (12 Oct 1937-15 Jun 1939)
Detached to the 5th Department of the Army General Staff (21 Apr 1938-31 May 1938)
Chief of Operations (Ia) of the 46th Division (15 Jun 1939-17 Jun 1940)
Führer-Reserve OKH, At the same time, Detached to the Command-Staff of the Military-Commander Paris (17 Jun 1940-03 Sep 1940)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 62nd Infantry-Division (03 Sep 1940-03 Mar 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (03 Mar 1942-15 May 1942)
Commander of the 666th Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1942-10 Jul 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Jul 1944-14 Aug 1944)
Detached into the 12th Division Leaders Course (14 Jul 1944-16 Aug 1944)
Detached to Army-Group South Ukraine for Use as a Divisional-Leader, given the Temporary-Command of the 15th Infantry-Division (14 Aug 1944-05 Sep 1944)
Went Missing-in-Action in Russia (05 Sep 1944)
Professed Dead (31 Dec 1945)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 31.01.1942 als Oberst und Ia im Generalstab der 62. Infanteriedivision
- - 1939 EK I –S-
- - 1939 EK II –S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”


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