The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Fritz Benicke

Benicke, Fritz

Lieutenant-General

* 14th of May 1894

† 14th of February 1975

Promotions

1937-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-01-01 Colonel
1943-07-01 Major-General
1944-06-20 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-10-15 1940-03-15 Commanding Officer 47th Pioneer Battalion
1940-03-15 1940-12-18 Commanding Officer 617th Pioneer Regiment for Special Employment
1940-12-18 1941-10-05 Pioneer Leader, 1st Panzer Group
1941-10-05 1943-06-05 Pioneer Leader, 1st Panzer Army
1943-06-05 1943-07-20 Unemployed
1943-07-20 1943-09-01 Acting General of Pioneers, Army Group Centre
1943-09-01 1943-09-15 Unemployed
1943-09-15 1943-10-15 Attached to the Panzer Troops School, Bergen
1943-10-15 1943-11-05 Unemployed
1943-11-05 1944-04-16 General Officer Commanding 25th Panzer Grenadier Division
1944-04-16 1944-05-01 Unemployed
1944-05-01 1944-07-30 General Officer Commanding 41st Fortress Division
1944-07-30 1944-08-01 Unemployed
1944-08-01 1944-12-01 Temporary Higher Pioneer Commander XI
1944-12-01 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding Fortifications Upper Silesia
1945-05-08 1947-XX-XX Prisoner of War
1947-XX-XX Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/301539