Background
Wilhelm Adam was born in Anspach. Bavaria, on 15 September 1877
Major general military officer commander
Wilhelm Adam was born in Anspach. Bavaria, on 15 September 1877
Wilhelm Adam served as an officer in the Bavarian army during World War I and subsequently acquired a reputation as one of the most able and efficient officers in the Reichswehr. Promoted to Major General in 1930, he was appointed three years later as Commander of the Munich Militarv Area. In 1935 he was given command of the newly created Armed Forces Academy in Berlin. In November 1938, Wilhelm Adam was stripped of his western front command.
Adam's earlier association with General von Schleicher and his lukewarm attitude to Hitler's plans - including the building of the West Wall fortifications - made his relations with the Führer somewhat tense, though he survived the crisis of early 1938 which followed the dismissal of two leading generals, von Blomberg and von Fritsch.