The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Artillery Maximilian de Angelis

Angelis, Maximilian de

General of Artillery

* 2nd of October 1889

† 6th of December 1974

Promotions

1929-01-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1933-06-28 Colonel (Austrian Army)
1938-03-15 Major-General
1940-08-01 Lieutenant-General
1942-03-01 General of Artillery

Service

1927-11-01 1930-09-01 Instructor at the Army School Enns (Austrian Army)
1930-09-01 1934-02-01 Temporary Commandant of the Army School Enns (Austrian Army)
1934-09-01 1935-08-01 Attached to the Federal Ministry for National Defence (Austrian Army)
1935-08-01 1938-03-12 Deputy Commandant of the Senior Officer Courses, Vienna (Austrian Army)
1938-03-12 1938-03-15 State Secretary, Federal Ministry for National Defence (Austrian Army)
1938-03-15 Transferred to the German Army
1938-03-15 1938-07-01 Officer for Special Employment, Army High Command OKH
1938-07-01 1938-08-05 Attached to 30th Infantry Regiment
1938-08-05 1938-11-10 Officer for Special Employment to the Commander in Chief of the Army
1938-11-10 1939-09-01 Artillery Commander XV
1939-09-01 1942-01-26 General Officer Commanding 76th Infantry Division
1942-01-26 1942-03-01 Acting General Officer Commanding XXXXIV Corps [Eastern Front]
1942-03-01 1943-11-22 General Officer Commanding XXXXIV Corps [Eastern Front]
1943-11-22 1943-12-19 Acting General Officer Commanding 6th Army [Eastern Front]
1943-12-19 1944-04-08 General Officer Commanding XXXXIV Corps [Eastern Front]
1944-04-08 1944-07-17 Acting General Officer Commanding 6th Army [Eastern Front]
1944-07-18 1944-09-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 2nd Panzer Army [Eastern Front]
1944-09-01 1945-05-09 General Officer Commanding 2nd Panzer Army [Eastern Front]
1945-05-09 1946-04-04 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1946-04-04 1949-03-05 Prisoner of War, Yugoslav Captivity
1948-10-12 Condemned to 20 years imprisonment by Yugoslavian Court
1949-03-05 1955-10-11 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1952-02-28 Condemned to two times 25 years imprisonment by Soviet Court
1955-10-11 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299323