Colonel-General
* 9th of June 1895
† 25th of September 1963
1937-01-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel (later Seniority from 1936-10-01) |
1939-06-01 | Colonel (later Seniority from 1939-01-01) |
1942-02-01 | Major-General (Seniority from 1942-04-01) |
1942-09-24 | General of Infantry |
1944-01-30 | Colonel |
1934-02-01 | – | 1935-05-21 | Attached to the Reichwehr Ministry |
1935-05-21 | – | 1938-02-04 | Attached to the Ministry of War |
1938-02-04 | – | 1939-04-01 | Attached to the Armed Forces High Command OKW |
1939-04-01 | – | 1939-08-26 | Commanding Officer 60th Infantry Regiment |
1939-08-26 | – | 1940-03-05 | Chief of Staff, XXII Corps [Poland] |
1940-03-05 | – | 1940-07-12 | Chief of Staff, Panzer Group von Kleist [France] |
1940-07-12 | – | 1940-11-16 | Chief of Staff, XXII Corps |
1940-11-16 | – | 1941-10-25 | Chief of Staff, 1st Panzer Group [Yugoslavia - Eastern Front] |
1941-10-25 | – | 1942-04-24 | Chief of Staff, 1st Panzer Army [Eastern Front] |
1942-04-24 | – | 1942-09-24 | Chief of Staff to Commander in Chief West |
1942-04-24 | – | 1942-09-24 | Chief of Staff, Army Group D [France] |
1942-09-24 | – | 1944-08-15 | Chief of the Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH |
1944-08-15 | – | 1945-01-31 | Unemployed |
1945-01-31 | Retired |