Heinz Furbach

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Heinz Furbach
Generalmajor Heinz Furbach wearing a very minimalist ribbon bar with just his EK2Sp and HOH3X.jpg
Birth name Heinz Karl Max Furbach
Birth date 27 September 1895
Place of birth Gut Karlshof, Kreis Schlochau
Death date 23 October 1968 (aged 73)
Place of death Munich-Neuaubing, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 National Socialist Germany
Service/branch Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
Freikorps Flag.jpg Freikorps
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Reichswehr
Balkenkreuz.jpg Heer
Years of service 1914–1945
Rank Major General
Commands held 331. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars World War I

World War II

Awards Iron Cross
Wound Badge
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinz Karl Max Furbach (27 September 1895 – 23 October 1968) was a German officer, finally Generalmajor (Major General), division commander of the Wehrmacht and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in World War Two.

Life

Generalmajor Heinz Furbach wearing a very minimalist ribbon bar with just his EK2Sp and HOH3X II.jpg

Heinz Furbach, son of Martha and Karl Furbach, came from a military family that included, among other things, an uncle of his (a general in the First World War) and three brothers who were also active officers in the Wehrmacht. On 10 August 1914, he joined the Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 5 (Spandau) as a lieutenant coming from the Cadet Corps (Kadettenkorps), where he was appointed platoon leader in the 10th Company/Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 5 on 1 September 1914 and was deployed to front. In this unit he was awarded the EK II on 14 November 1914. He was wounded for the first time a short time later on 20 November 1914, was placed in military hospital and was then transferred to the replacement battalion of the Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 5 from 10 to 15 January 1915. On 16 January 1915, after reconvalescence, he returned to the front to the 5th Guard Grenadier Regiment.

  • Battalion-Adjutant in the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (10 Feb 1915-05 Aug 1915)
  • Once again wounded, in Hospital (05 Aug 1915-24 Nov 1915)
  • Once again transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (24 Nov 1915-16 Jan 1916)
  • In the Field as Battalion-Adjutant in the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (16 Jan 1916-20 Oct 1917)
  • Temporary Regiments-Adjutant of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (20 Oct 1917-25 Feb 1918)
  • Company-Leader in the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (25 Feb 1918-19 May 1918)
  • Temporary-MG (Machine Gun)-Officer with the Staff of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (19 May 1918-05 Aug 1918)
  • Regiments-Adjutant of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (05 Aug 1918-21 Nov 1918)
  • Leader of the MG-Company of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (21 Nov 1918-21 Feb 1919)
  • Platoon-Leader in the Volunteer-Battalion "Spandau" of the 5th Guards-Grenadier-Regiment of the Freikorps "Feldmarschall von Hindenburg" (Grenzschutz Ost) in Kolberg (21 Feb 1919)
  • Platoon-Leader in the 5th Company/4th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment in Kolberg (1 Oct 1919)
  • Adjutant of the 2nd Battalion/4th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment in Kolberg (13 Jan 1920)
  • Transferred as Orderly-Officer to the Staff of the 102nd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment in Köslin (01 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
  • Transferred into the 4th (Prussian) Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1923)
    • Detached to Course for Physical Training in Dresden (15 Jan 1921-15 Jul 1921)
    • Platoon-Leader in the 8th (Machine Gun) Company/II. (Jäger) Bataillon/4th (Prussian) Infantry-Regiment in Kolberg (16 Jul 1922)
  • Detached to I. Course for Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with Military-District II (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1924)
  • Transferred into the 4th (Machine Gun) Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Apr 1929)
    • Detached to Transport and Equipment Course with the 2nd Transport-Battalion (10 Oct 1924-20 Nov 1924)
    • Detached to Battle-School-Course in Döberitz (20 Oct 1925-28 Nov 1925)
    • Detached to Motor-Transport-Training with the 2nd Motor-Transport-Battalion (21 Jun 1926-24 Jul 1926)
  • Transferred to the Staff of the Training-Battalion of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1929-01 Oct 1929)
  • Commander of the 8th (MG) Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Sep 1934)
  • Commander of the 12th (MG) Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1934-01 Oct 1934)
  • Commander of the 12th (MG) Company of the Infantry-Regiment Kolberg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
  • Instructor for Tactics, Terrain Science and War History at the War School in Munich (15 Oct 1935-26 Oct 1939)
  • Führer-Reserve OKH (26 Oct 1939-10 Jan 1940)
  • Commander of the 7th MG-Battalion (10 Jan 1940-24 May 1940)
    • Maschinengewehr-Bataillon 7 (Battle of France); Furbach fell seriously ill on 24 May 1940.
  • Führer-Reserve OKH (24 May 1940-10 Jul 1940)
  • Leader of the Personnel-Department of the Field-Equipment-Inspection (Feldzeuginspektion; Fz In), OKH (10 Jul 1940-20 May 1941)
  • Führer-Reserve OKH; At the same time, clerk/specialist/official in charge (Sachbearbeiter bei der Inspektion des Erziehungs- und Bildungswesens des Heeres) with the Inspection of Education and Training Affairs of the Army (20 May 1941-01 May 1942)
  • Commander of the 58th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1942-15 Mar 1943)
    • renamed Grenadier-Regiment 58 on 25 October 1942
      • For the achievements of the regiment around Rzhev (battles around Galachovo and Point 19.5) he was awarded the Knight's Cross on 4 October1942. For two further wounds (he remained with the troops) he received the wounded badge in gold on 2 September 1942 after a total of five wounds in the First and Second World Wars.
  • Führer-Reserve OKH, taken ill (15 Mar 1943-01 Jun 1943)
  • Delegated with the Leadership of the 97th Jäger-Division (01 Jun 1943-01 Nov 1943)
  • Delegated with the Temporary-Leadership of the 331st Infantry-Division (01 Nov 1943-27 Jan 1944)
  • Delegated with the Leadership of Shadow-Division "Wahn" (70th Infantry-Division "Wahn") from 16 Mar 1944
    • this became integrated with the 331st Infantry-Division (27 Jan 1944-16 Mar 1944)
  • Commander of the 331st Infantry-Division (16 Mar 1944-25 Jul 1944)
    • After the heavy defensive battles in Russia with the 331st Infantry Division in the northern sector, the remnants of the division were moved to France on the Channel coast to refresh themselves. Here he fell seriously ill again during the invasion battles on 25 June 1944, gave up command and was taken to the hospital.[1]
  • Führer-Reserve OKH, taken ill (25 Jul 1944-25 Feb 1945)
  • Assessor (Beisitzer) with the Reichs War Court (25 Feb 1945-30 Apr 1945)
  • In US Captivity (30 Apr 1945-13 May 1947)

Promotions

  • 10 August 1914 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) without Patent
    • later received Patent from 28 January 1915
    • 1 July 1922 received new Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 April 1915
  • 1 November 1924 zum Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
  • 1 April 1929 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 1 August 1935 Major
  • 1 April 1938 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 1 April 1941 Oberst (Colonel)
  • 1 March 1944 Generalmajor (Major General)

Awards and decorations

Writings (excerpt)

  • 331st Infantry Division (1 Apr.-25 Jun. 1944), post-WWII military history treatise for the Operational History (German) Section der Historical Division der US-Army on the defense preparations in France

Further reading

German sources

  • Walther-Peer Fellgiebel: Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German), Podzun-Pallas, Wölfersheim 2000, ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6
    • English: The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches, expanded edition, 2000

References

  1. ↑ Generalmajor Heinz Furbach
  2. ↑ Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, 1931, p. 146
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 158.
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