The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Carl Hans Wilhelm Ludwig Becker

Becker, Carl Hans Wilhelm Ludwig

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of January 1895

† 24th of March 1966

Promotions

1938-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-08-01 Colonel
1943-04-01 Major-General
1943-10-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-02-01 1940-05-10 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 37th Infantry Regiment
1940-05-10 1940-09-20 Attached to 6th Infantry Division
1940-09-20 1940-12-10 Unemployed
1940-12-10 1943-01-01 Commanding Officer 18th Infantry Division
1943-01-01 1943-01-18 Unemployed
1943-01-18 1943-04-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 253rd Infantry Division
1943-04-01 1945-05-09 General Officer Commanding 253rd Infantry Division
1945-05-09 1948-06-28 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1948-06-28 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-10-12 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299379