The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Karl Burckhardt

Burckhardt, Karl

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of March 1889

† 30th of January 1946

Promotions

1934-05-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-04-01 Colonel
1940-03-01 Major-General
1942-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-01-01 1934-10-01 Commanding Officer 6th Signals Battalion
1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer Signals Battalion Hannover
1935-10-15 1939-08-26 Commanding Officer Signals Troop VI
1939-08-26 1939-10-11 Army Signals Leader 5
1939-10-11 1939-10-26 Signals Leader, Border Section Command Centre
1939-10-26 1940-05-14 Signals Leader with Commander in Chief East
1940-05-14 1940-11-18 Signals Leader, Army High Command 9
1940-11-18 1942-08-01 Army Group Signals Leader, Army Group D
1942-08-01 1943-02-27 Unemployed
1943-02-27 1944-09-11 General Officer Commanding Army Rear Area 593
1944-08-XX 1944-09-11 Commandant of Kiev
1944-09-11 1946-01-28 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1946-01-28 Sentenced to death by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1946-01-30 Executed