The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hans Karl August Boeckh-Behrens

Boeckh-Behrens, Hans Karl August

Lieutenant-General

* 27th of November 1898

† 13th of February 1955

Promotions

1939-03-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-02-01 Colonel
1942-07-01 Major-General
1943-09-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-04-20 1939-08-26 Attached to the War Academy
1939-08-26 1939-10-21 Chief of Staff, XXVI Corps
1939-10-21 1942-01-16 Chief of Operations (Ia), 16th Army
1942-01-16 1943-07-01 Chief of Staff, 16th Army
1943-07-01 1943-09-15 Unemployed
1943-09-15 1944-09-28 General Officer Commanding 32nd Infantry Division
1944-09-28 1944-10-19 Temporary General Officer Commanding L Corps
1944-10-19 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding 32nd Infantry Division
1945-05-08 1950-07-24 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1950-07-24 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-02-13 Died in prison
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299427