Konrad Barde Explained

Konrad Barde
Birth Date:	13 November 1897
Birth Place:	Stare Olesno, Lower Silesia
Death Place:	Traunstein, Bavaria
Allegiance:	(to 1918) (to 1920)
Branch:	Prussian Army Army (Wehrmacht)
Serviceyears:	1916–20 1935–45
Rank:	Generalmajor
Commands:	338th Infantry Division 198th Infantry Division
Battles:	World War I Battle of the Somme Battle of Verdun World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battles of Rzhev Colmar Pocket Invasion of Germany
Awards:	Iron Cross The Honour Cross Sudetenland Medal German Cross Eastern Medal Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Konrad Barde (13 November 1897 – 4 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Barde committed suicide on 4 May 1945.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant in the IV./Artillerie-Regiment 104^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 January 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 104^[2]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.

Notes and References

1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 24.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 104.