Background
Karl Bülowius was born on March 2, 1890 in Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia).
Karl Bülowius was born on March 2, 1890 in Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia).
He also served eleven non-consecutive years for the Weimar Republic during the interwar period which began in 1919 and ended on September 1939. Early life and World War I He joined the Prussian Army in 1908 and became an officer cadet of the engineering troops where he would make his promotion to lieutenant sometime in the year 1909. Bülowius participated in the First World War, serving in various engineering departments that were involved in military duties in both Europe and Palestine.
During the year 1918 (which would become the final year of the war), Bülowius was elevated to the rank of Hauptmann (captain).
He abandoned the Army on December 31, 1920 due to unfortunate circumstances surrounding the structure of Germany"s post-World War I military. However, Bülowius returned to active military service on June 1, 1924.
He would serve in various engineering and cavalry units during the 1920s and the 1930s. World World War II and suicide At the beginning of World World War II, he commanded Oberbaustab X. Bülowius became commanding officer (Pionierführer) of engineering parts of the 8th Army on October 26, 1939.
Success in commanding the 8th Army would result in Bülowius holding on the same post when he was transferred to the 9th Army on May 15, 1940.
Transferred to North Africa, Bülowius commanded the engineers of Panzer Army Africa on October 25, 1942. Between the 17th and the 25th of February 1943, he commanded the entire group. Bülowius held the position of post commander in von Manteuffel"s former division on April 1943 and kept it until he was captured the following month.
Von Manteuffel had been evacuated back to Germany due to exhaustion and later sent to the Eastern Front on a promotion to Major General.
He was captured by United States. troops on May 9, 1943 near the end of the North African campaign. The North Africa campaign would end seven days later on May 16, 1943 when the Axis (mostly containing troops from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy) forces were forced to retreat to Southern Italy in a decisive defeat.
Bülowius finished his career in the German Heer component by committing suicide on March 27, 1945 at the prisoner-of-war camp named Camp Forrest in Coffee County, Tennessee, United States of America. Credentials = Promotions Lieutenant – 1909 Hauptmann (Captain) – May 1918 Generalmajor – April 1, 1942 Generalleutnant – April 1, 1943 = Awards Iron Cross (awarded twice during the course of World War I) German Cross in Silver – December 3, 1942 Bülowius would make a "special guest appearance" in the Japanese video game Sergeant Saunders" Combat!. This officer is only seen during North Africa campaign of 1942-1943.
Particularly during the Tunisia Campaign.
He holds the rank of Generalmajor in the game and can be killed by any Allied Forces unit In campaign mode, Bülowius can only be utilized by the Artificial Intelligence opponent. He may be seen in other video games related to World World War II that involve either the Eastern Front and/or the North Africa campaign.