The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Bedřich Neumann

Neumann, Bedřich

Major-General

* 3rd of April 1891

† 16th of July 1964

Promotions

1923-06-28 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1920-06-01)
1928-05-04 Colonel (Seniority from 1928-05-01)
1933-07-13 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1933-07-01)
1944-10-24 Major-General

Service

1922-09-XX 1924-03-XX Attached to the General Staff
1924-03-01 1928-09-14 Chief of ? Group, Section 1, General Staff
1928-09-14 1929-09-30 Commanding Officer 5th Infantry Regiment
1929-09-20 1931-01-03 Chief of Section 1 (Organisation), General Staff
1931-01-03 1931-06-03 Attending the Senior Commanders' Course, Prague
1931-06-03 1931-09-30 Chief of Section 1 (Organisation), General Staff
1931-09-30 1935-09-30 Second Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1935-09-30 1935-11-15 Acting General Officer Commanding 5th Infantry Division
1935-11-15 1938-09-25 General Officer Commanding 5th Infantry Division
1938-09-25 1938-10-22 General Officer Commanding 31st Border Sector
1938-10-XX 1939-04-13 General Officer Commanding 5th Infantry Division
1939-04-14 1939-08-09 Attached to the General Staff
1940-01-16 Fled to France
1940-02-XX 1940-06-XX Chief of Staff, Czechoslovakian Military Administration [France]
1940-06-13 1940-08-14 General Officer Commanding 1st Czechoslovakian Division [Great Britain]
1940-08-12 1941-07-01 Commanding Officer Czechoslovakian Mixed Brigade [Great Britain]
1941-07-01 1943-01-XX Commanding Officer Independent Czechoslovakian Brigade [Great Britain]
1943-01-15 1944-09-19 Chief of Staff for Building the Armed Forces [Great Britain]
1944-06-26 1944-09-19 Chairman of the Disciplinary Appeals Committee
1944-09-19 1945-04-17 Chief of the General Staff [Great Britain]
1945-08-10 1946-02-28 Deputy General Officer Commanding 1st Military District
1946-03-01 1948-03-04 Economic Commissar, Ministry of National Defence
1948-03-04 1948-06-01 On leave
1948-06-01 Retired
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