Generalleutnant Max Dennerlein Born: 16 May 1885 in Marktleuthen, Upper Franconia (Oberfranken) Died: 13 Oct 1957 in Ortenburg, Bavaria (Bayern) Promotions:
F�hnrich (24 Feb 1906); Leutnant (08 Mar 1907); Oberleutnant (03 Jan 1914); Hauptmann (17 Aug 1916); Major (01 Feb 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1932); Oberst (01 Oct 1934); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1940) Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Jul 1905)
Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Bavarian Pioneer-Battalion (19 Jul 1905-20 Sep 1914)
Detached to the Artillery and Engineer School (01 Oct 1908-03 Jul 1910)
Engineer-Officer of Section IV of Fortress Metz-East (20 Sep 1914-03 Mar 1916)
Detached to the Bavarian Inspection of Engineer-Corps (03 Mar 1916-27 May 1916)
Company-Leader of the 13th Bavarian Pioneer-Battalion (27 May 1916-20 Jun 1917)
Pioneer-Officer with the General-Command of the II. Bavarian Army-Corps (20 Jun 1917-24 Aug 1918)
Staff-Officer with the Staff of the 3rd Bavarian Pioneer-Battalion and Commander of Pioneers of the 5th Bavarian Infantry-Division (24 Aug 1918-07 Jan 1919)
Transferred back to the 3rd Bavarian Pioneer-Battalion (07 Jan 1919-28 May 1919)
Company-Leader in the 24th Reichswehr-Pioneer-Battalion (28 May 1919-27 Sep 1920)
Company-Leader in the 7th Reichswehr-Pioneer5-Battalion (27 Sep 1920-20 Oct 1920)
Detached to the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment, RWM (20 Oct 1920-18 Dec 1920)
Transferred into the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment (18 Dec 1920-24 Aug 1921)
Pioneer-Officer of Fortress Ingolstadt (24 Aug 1921-15 Dec 1921)
Leader of the Bridging-Column of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (15 Dec 1921-20 Feb 1922)
Transferred to the Fortress-Commander Ingolstadt (20 Feb 1922-01 Apr 1924)
Instructor at the Infantry-School, Munich (01 Apr 1924-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred into the Staff of the 5th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1927-01 May 1930)
Welfare-Officer of the 5th Pioneer-Battalion (01 May 1930-01 Feb 1931)
Commander of the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Feb 1931-01 Feb 1934)
Higher Pioneer Officer with the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Feb 1934-01 Jan 1935)
Commander of the Pioneer-Inspection 2, Kassel (01 Jan 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Higher Pioneer Officer 2 (15 Oct 1935-01 Feb 1939)
Inspector of West Fortifications (01 Feb 1939-26 Oct 1939)
General Of Pioneers with Army-Group C (26 Oct 1939-06 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 290th Infantry-Division (06 Feb 1940-08 Jun 1940)
Wounded, in Hospital the F�hrer-Reserve (08 Jun 1940-15 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 335th Infantry-Division (15 Nov 1940-27 Oct 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve (27 Oct 1942-11 Nov 1942)
Commander of the 326th Infantry-Division (11 Nov 1942-08 May 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve (08 May 1943-01 Jun 1943)
Commander of the 433rd Replacement-Division (01 Jun 1943-08 Dec 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (08 Dec 1944-05 Jan 1945)
Inspector of Fortresses (05 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-27 Feb 1947)
Released (27 Feb 1947)
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