Gert Bastian
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1923 — Present
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Personal Info
- Born
- Mar 26, 1923
- Age
- 103
- Birth Place
- Munich, Weimar Republic
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Party Christian Social Union (1950s)
German Green Party (1983–1987)
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Federal Republic of Germany
Branch German Army
Bundeswehr
Service years 1941–45; 1956–80
Rank Generalmajor
Unit 12th Tank Division
Conflicts World War II
Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941, at the age of nineteen. In World War II he served on the Eastern Front, being wounded by a bullet in the right arm and in the head by a grenade fragment. He was also hit by American machine gun fire in France.
After the war, he started a business that failed and then rejoined the military. From 1956 to 1980 Bastian served in the Bundeswehr—joining as a first lieutenant, promoted in 1962 to the position of general staff officer/officer in the army command staff, and in 1974 promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, chief of staff in the army office—ending his service as a divisional commander with the rank of Major General. During this period Bastian's politics changed radically. In the 1950s he had been a member of the Christian Social Union in his native Bavaria. Yet Bastian was also an opponent of the planned stationing of medium-range missiles with nuclear warheads in Europe and joined the peace movement.
German Green Party (1983–1987)
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Federal Republic of Germany
Branch German Army
Bundeswehr
Service years 1941–45; 1956–80
Rank Generalmajor
Unit 12th Tank Division
Conflicts World War II
Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941, at the age of nineteen. In World War II he served on the Eastern Front, being wounded by a bullet in the right arm and in the head by a grenade fragment. He was also hit by American machine gun fire in France.
After the war, he started a business that failed and then rejoined the military. From 1956 to 1980 Bastian served in the Bundeswehr—joining as a first lieutenant, promoted in 1962 to the position of general staff officer/officer in the army command staff, and in 1974 promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, chief of staff in the army office—ending his service as a divisional commander with the rank of Major General. During this period Bastian's politics changed radically. In the 1950s he had been a member of the Christian Social Union in his native Bavaria. Yet Bastian was also an opponent of the planned stationing of medium-range missiles with nuclear warheads in Europe and joined the peace movement.
Life & Career Details
Party Christian Social Union (1950s)
German Green Party (1983–1987)
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Federal Republic of Germany
Branch German Army
Bundeswehr
Service years 1941–45; 1956–80
Rank Generalmajor
Unit 12th Tank Division
Conflicts World War II
Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941, at the age of nineteen. In World War II he served on the Eastern Front, being wounded by a bullet in the right arm and in the head by a grenade fragment. He was also hit by American machine gun fire in France.
After the war, he started a business that failed and then rejoined the military. From 1956 to 1980 Bastian served in the Bundeswehr—joining as a first lieutenant, promoted in 1962 to the position of general staff officer/officer in the army command staff, and in 1974 promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, chief of staff in the army office—ending his service as a divisional commander with the rank of Major General. During this period Bastian's politics changed radically. In the 1950s he had been a member of the Christian Social Union in his native Bavaria. Yet Bastian was also an opponent of the planned stationing of medium-range missiles with nuclear warheads in Europe and joined the peace movement.
German Green Party (1983–1987)
Military service
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Federal Republic of Germany
Branch German Army
Bundeswehr
Service years 1941–45; 1956–80
Rank Generalmajor
Unit 12th Tank Division
Conflicts World War II
Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941, at the age of nineteen. In World War II he served on the Eastern Front, being wounded by a bullet in the right arm and in the head by a grenade fragment. He was also hit by American machine gun fire in France.
After the war, he started a business that failed and then rejoined the military. From 1956 to 1980 Bastian served in the Bundeswehr—joining as a first lieutenant, promoted in 1962 to the position of general staff officer/officer in the army command staff, and in 1974 promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, chief of staff in the army office—ending his service as a divisional commander with the rank of Major General. During this period Bastian's politics changed radically. In the 1950s he had been a member of the Christian Social Union in his native Bavaria. Yet Bastian was also an opponent of the planned stationing of medium-range missiles with nuclear warheads in Europe and joined the peace movement.
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