The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Harald Öhquist

Öhquist, Harald

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of March 1891

† 10th of February 1971

Promotions

1925-12-06 Colonel
1930-08-14 Major-General
1936-12-06 Lieutenant-General

Service

1918-09-21 1925-08-20 Commanding Officer Karelian Guards Regiment
1925-08-20 1933-07-01 General Officer Commanding 2nd Division
1925-08-20 1933-07-01 Commandant of Viipuri
1933-07-01 1939-10-14 General Officer Commanding Army Corps
1939-10-14 1940-04-11 General Officer Commanding II Corps
1940-04-11 1941-06-18 Inspector General of the Army
1941-06-18 1942-01-28 Representative of the Commander in Chief by the German Army High Command
1942-01-28 1944-03-04 General Officer Commanding Army of the Karelian Isthmus
1944-03-05 1951-03-01 Inspector-General of Military Training
1945-12-05 1951-03-01 Inspector of Infantry
1951-03-01 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis