Rudolf Gustav Moritz Bacherer finally reached the rank of Oberst der Reserve.
Promotions:
1914: Leutnant
20.09.1935: Oberleutnant der Reserve RDA 01.06.1935
01.10.1937: Rittmeister der Reserve RDA 01.12.1936
09.12.1941: Major der Reserve RDA 01.10.1941
11.09.1942: Obertsleutnant der Reserve RDA 01.10.1942
10.07.1942: Oberst der Reserve RDA 01.05.1943
In June 1944 Bacherer was commanding the 1049th Infantry Regiment on the Western Front when Major General Rudolf Stegmann, commander of the 77th Infantry Division was killed in American air raid. Bacherer was promoted to command the division and enjoyed some early successes, capturing 250 American prisoners on 17 June and the following day broke through US lines to link up with the remnants of the LXXXIV Corps near La Haye-du-Puits. The Division however, which was already understrength when Bacherer made his advance soon suffered heavy losses as the Americans forged ahead. Bacherer was captured by American forces following the fall of Saint-Malo in 1944 and was held as a POW until 1947.
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