The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Lajos Keresztes-Fischer

Keresztes-Fischer, Lajos

Colonel-General

* 8th of January 1884

† 29th of April 1948

Promotions

1934-05-01 Major-General
1937-11-01 Lieutenant-General
1940-05-01 General of Artillery

Service

1920-05-06 1925-01-01 Deputy Chief of the Military Chancellery
1925-10-01 1929-10-01 Chief 4th Section Bureau VI Ministry of Defence
1929-10-01 1931-01-19 Commanding Officer Infantry 6th Mixed Brigade
1931-01-19 1933-05-01 Commanding Officer 1st Cavalry Brigade
1933-05-01 1935-01-15 Deputy Chief General Staff
1933-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX Aide-de-Camp to the Regent
1935-01-15 1938-05-24 Chief of the Military Chancellery
1938-05-24 1938-09-29 Chief General Staff
1938-09-29 1939-02-01 Chief of the Military Chancellery
1939-02-01 1942-11-01 Adjutant-General of the Military Chancellery
1943-02-01 Retired
1944-10-XX 1945-04-XX In German prison and Buchenwald concentration camp
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis