Early Life and Career
Fritz Bayerlein was born in Würzburg, Franconia, Germany. During World War I, Bayerlein was drafted into the 9th Bavarian Infantry in 1917 and fought on the Western front. He was wounded and received the Iron Cross when he was in the 4th infantry regiment. After the war Bayerlein was briefly a member of a volunteer battalion but was transferred to Regiment 45 in May 1919. He went through officer training in 1921 and was one of the officers who remained in the diminished Reichswehr. He had reached the rank of major.
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