The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer

Bleyer, Eugen-Heinrich

Lieutenant-General

* 20th of November 1896

† 18th of March 1979

Promotions

1939-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-01 Colonel
1943-12-01 Major-General
1944-07-20 Lieutenant-General

Service

1938-11-10 1939-08-26 Attached to Erfurt Garrison
1939-08-27 1941-03-17 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment
1941-03-17 1943-04-25 Commanding Officer 379th Infantry Regiment
1943-04-25 1943-07-30 Unemployed
1943-07-30 1943-09-10 Attached to Special Staff of the Chief of the Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH
1943-09-10 1943-10-01 Attached to Army Group A
1943-10-01 1943-12-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 258th Infantry Division
1943-12-01 1944-09-05 General Officer Commanding 258th Infantry Division
1944-09-05 1944-10-01 Unemployed
1944-10-01 1945-05-15 General Officer Commanding 181st Infantry Division
1945-05-15 1949-12-XX Prisoner of War, Yugoslav Captivity
1949-12-XX Condemned to death by a Yugoslav Court as war criminal
1950-06-XX Sentence changed to 18th years imprisonment
1952-05-22 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299413