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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Wilhelm Behrens

Behrens, Wilhelm

Lieutenant-General

* 23rd of August 1888

† 15th of August 1968

Promotions

1935-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-01-01 Colonel
1942-01-01 Major-General
1944-09-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-05-01 1935-10-01 Attached to Infantry Regiment Dresden
1935-10-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Infantry Regiment Dresden
1935-10-15 1938-10-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment
1938-10-01 1939-10-25 Instructor at the Army Master of Arms School, Berlin
1939-10-25 1942-04-01 Commanding Officer 106th Infantry Regiment
1942-01-10 1942-04-01 Hospitalised
1942-04-01 1942-05-01 Unemployed
1942-05-01 1942-06-01 General Officer Commanding 413th Division for Special Employment
1942-06-01 1944-06-01 General Officer commanding Division 193
1944-06-01 1944-09-30 Unemployed
1944-09-30 Retired
1946-04-20 1949-10-20 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1949-10-20 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299386