Bach could not agree with the planned 1970 Federal Army Reform and asked for his retirement in 1972. He was awarded for his services with the Gold Decoration for Service to the Republic of Austria, and was retired on January 1, 1973. He died in Graz.Peter Alexander Barthou: Albert Bach - Oberst i.G. der Wehrmacht und General der Infanterie des Zweiten Bundesheeres (German), in Der "Oberstenparagraph" im Bundesheer, University of Vienna, October 2007, p. 75-81.
