The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ottó Abt

Abt, Ottó

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of October 1889

† 10th of September 1946

Promotions

1933-11-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-11-01 Colonel
1941-05-01 Major-General
1992-01-12 Lieutenant-General (Posthumously)

Service

1933-02-01 1937-05-01 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment
1937-05-01 1938-02-01 Assigned to 12th Infantry Regiment
1938-02-01 1941-02-01 Commanding Officer 12th Infantry Regiment
1941-02-01 1941-05-01 Deputy Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade
1941-05-01 1941-11-01 Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade [Eastern Front]
1941-11-01 1942-01-XX Commanding Officer 108th Infantry Brigade [Eastern Front]
1942-02-XX 1942-10-15 General Officer Commanding 108th Light Division
1942-10-15 1943-XX-XX Attached of III Corps [Eastern Front]
1943-02-01 Retired
1946-06-21 Condemned to death as a war criminal by the Soviets
1946-09-10 Executed
1991-10-18 Rehabilitated
Picture source: From: "Magyar tábornokok és tőrzstisztek szovjet (hadi)fogságban" by Sándor Szakály, in Rubicon, 2017, March.