Wilhelm Adam
Military Person
1877 – 1949
Who was Wilhelm Adam?
Wilhelm Adam was a German army officer who served in the Bavarian Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht.
Adam was born in Ansbach, joining the German Army in 1897, and serving in Bavarian telegraph and Communication units before being detached to the Bavarian War Academy in 1907.
During World War I, Adam fought as a company leader of a Bavarian pioneer unit, but only for a short period. Towards the end of 1914, Adam became a General Staff Officer on the Staff of the Army High command. But right at the end of the war he was back to being a Bavarian engineer unit leader. With the end of the war, Adam served in various posts within the Reichswehr, from posts such as a liaison officer to the Bavarian Military Ministry and being an infantry battalion commander, in the 20th Infantry Regiment.
By Hitler's rise to power in 1933, Adam was Chief of the Troop Office and soon was commanding a division and was also at the same time commanding Military District VII. Adam retired on 31 December 1938, but he was recalled for service from 26 August 1939. After several years of being at the disposal of the army he retired in 1943 and died in 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1877
Ansbach - Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Apr 8, 1949
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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on July 23, 2013
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