Colonel-General
* 1st of March 1887
† 24th of November 1963
| 1931-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel | 
| 1934-02-01 | Colonel | 
| 1937-04-01 | Major-General | 
| 1939-10-01 | Lieutenant-General | 
| 1940-06-01 | General of Panzer Troops | 
| 1942-01-01 | Colonel-General | 
| 1931-10-01 | – | 1933-03-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment | 
| 1933-03-01 | – | 1933-10-01 | Attached to 4th Infantry Division | 
| 1933-10-01 | – | 1935-05-21 | Chief of ? Section, Reichwehr Ministry | 
| 1935-05-21 | – | 1935-07-01 | Chief of ? Section, Ministry of war | 
| 1935-07-01 | – | 1937-10-12 | Chief of Army Training Section, Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH | 
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1938-11-10 | Commanding Officer 1st Rifle Brigade | 
| 1938-11-10 | – | 1940-02-15 | General Officer Commanding 4th Panzer Division [Poland] | 
| 1940-02-15 | – | 1941-10-05 | General Officer Commanding XXXXI Panzer Corps [France - Yugoslavia - Eastern Front] | 
| 1941-10-05 | – | 1942-01-01 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Panzer Group [Eastern Front] | 
| 1942-01-01 | – | 1944-08-16 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Panzer Army [Eastern Front] | 
| 1944-08-16 | – | 1945-01-26 | Acting Commander in Chief Army Group Centre [Eastern Front] | 
| 1945-01-26 | – | 1945-05-08 | Unemployed | 
| 1945-05-08 | – | 1948-10-27 | Prisoner of War, US Captivity | 
| 1948-10-27 | Condemned to 15 years imprisonment by a US Military Tribunal as war criminal | ||
| 1952-07-27 | Released |