The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Erich Baeßler

Baeßler, Erich

Lieutenant-General

* 5th of August 1890

† 11th of May 1957

Promotions

1935-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Police)
1935-10-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1935-06-01)
1938-01-01 Colonel
1942-01-01 Major-General
1944-01-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-10-15 Transferred to the Army
1936-10-15 1939-08-26 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 65th Infantry Regiment
1939-08-26 1939-12-01 Commanding Officer 22nd Infantry Replacement Regiment
1939-12-01 1941-11-07 Commanding Officer 399th Infantry Regiment
1941-11-07 1942-04-01 Unemployed
1942-04-01 1942-12-14 General Officer Commanding 377th Infantry Division
1942-12-14 1943-06-30 Unemployed
1943-06-30 1943-10-12 Temporary General Officer Commanding 17th Air Force Field Division
1943-10-12 1944-07-15 General Officer Commanding 19th Air Force Field Division
1944-07-15 1944-08-08 Unemployed
1944-08-08 1944-10-20 Attached to the Army High Command OKH for a Special Task
1944-10-20 1944-10-28 Unemployed
1944-10-28 1945-01-29 Temporary Commandant of Oslo
1945-01-29 1945-05-08 Commandant of Oslo
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299357