(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Rudolf-Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff
Born: 27 Mar 1905 in L�ben, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 26 Jan 1980 in Munich (M�nchen)
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (01 Jul 1924); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1924); F�hnrich (01 Oct 1925); Oberf�hnrich (01 Aug 1926); Leutnant (01 Dec 1926); Oberleutnant (01 Feb 1929); Rittmeister (01 Nov 1934); umbenannt in Hauptmann (20 Apr 1940); Major (01 Jun 1940); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1942); Oberst (01 Jan 1943); Generalmajor (08 Mar 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Apr 1923)
Volunteer in the 7th Mounted-Regiment and Assigned to the 5th (Training) Squadron, Breslau-Carlowitz (01 Apr 1923-01 Sep 1923)
Transferred into the 3rd Squadron of the 7th Mounted-Regiment, L�ben (01 Sep 1923-01 Jul 1924)
Detached to the MG-Platoon of the 3rd Squadron of the 7th Mounted-Regiment (01 Sep 1923-01 Jan 1924)
Detached to Officer-Aspirant-Testing at the Cavalry-School in Hannover (16 Jun 1924-21 Jun 1924)
Appointed Offiziersanw�rter, Transferred at Breslau-Kleinburg to the 2nd, later 1st Squadron of the 7th Mounted-Regiment (01 Jul 1924-01 Dec 1926)
Detached to Course at the Infantry-School, Ohrdruf, Thuringia (01 Mar 1925-31 Oct 1925)
Detached to the Cavalry-School, Hannover, for Officer-Testing (12 Nov 1925-28 Aug 1926)
Squadron-Officer in the 1st Squadron of the 7th Mounted-Regiment (01 Dec 1926-01 Apr 1930)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course F in Berlin (14 Mar 1927-25 Mar 1927)
Detached to Smoke-Course in K�nigsbr�ck (in Summer 1928 for several weeks Leader of a Motorised Smoke Platoon) and Temporary-Regiment-Adjutant (20 Mar 1928-31 Mar 1928)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 7th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 7th Mounted-Regiment, Breslau (01 Oct 1933-01 Nov 1934)
Chief of the 2nd Squadron of the 7th Mounted-Regiment, Breslau (01 Nov 1934-15 May 1935)
Chief of the 1st Squadron in the 8th Mounted-Regiment, Breig, Silesia (15 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of the 3rd Squadron of the 8th Mounted-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Chief of the 1st Squadron of the 8th Cavalry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-24 Aug 1937)
At a Corps-General-Staff-Trip VIII. Army-Corps Detached to the Staff of Higher Cavalry-Officer 1 (24 Aug 1937-12 Oct 1937)
Transferred into the Staff of the Higher Cavalry Officer 1 (Berlin) (12 Oct 1937-03 Nov 1938)
Lecturer at the War Academy and at the same time, 3rd Ordinance-Officer with the Intelligence-Officer (Ic), General-Staff of Army-Group-Command 5, Vienna (03 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Intelligence-Officer (Ic) in the General-Staff of the 14th Army (26 Aug 1939-13 Oct 1939)
In the General-Staff of the 12th Army (13 Oct 1939-01 Nov 1939)
Intelligence-Officer (Ic/AO) in the General-Staff of XII. Army-Corps (01 Nov 1939-20 Apr 1940)
Transferred to the Army General Staff, while retaining previous position (20 Apr 1940-06 May 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 86th Infantry-Division (06 May 1940-20 Apr 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, at the same time, Detached to the General-Staff of Army-Group B (20 Apr 1941-20 May 1941)
Intelligence-Officer (Ic/AO) in the General-Staff of Army-Group B (20 May 1941-22 Jun 1941)
Intelligence-Officer (Ic/AO) in the General-Staff of Army-Group Centre (22 Jun 1941-18 Sep 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (Stomach Operation in Breslau Hospital) (18 Sep 1943-00 Jan 1944)
Course for Commanding Generals and Corps Chiefs in D�beritz (under General Brennecke) (00 Jan 1944-01 Feb 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of LXXXII. Army-Corps (01 Feb 1944-27 Jul 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of 7th Army (28 Jul 1944-20 Aug 1944)
Leader and Organiser of the Outbreak out of Pocket (20 Aug 1944-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (09 May 1945-00 Nov 1947)
Released (00 Nov 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (26 Aug 1944)
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (25 Oct 1943)


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