The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Erich Denecke

Denecke, Erich

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of October 1885

† 7th of March 1963

Promotions

1932-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-06-01 Colonel
1937-10-01 Major-General
1939-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-10-01 1934-02-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment
1934-02-01 1934-10-01 Attached to 3rd Infantry Regiment
1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer Infantry Regiment Marienburg
1935-10-15 1937-06-01 Commanding Officer 45th Infantry Regiment
1937-06-01 1938-11-10 Commanding Officer Army Frontier Formation 2
1938-11-10 1939-05-01 Commanding Officer Army Frontier Formation 6
1939-05-01 1939-08-26 General Officer Commanding Landwehr Darmstadt
1939-08-26 1941-12-13 General Officer Commanding 246th Infantry Division
1941-12-13 1941-12-29 Unemployed
1941-12-29 1942-07-10 Commandant of Smolensk
1942-07-10 1942-09-28 Unemployed
1942-09-28 1945-01-23 General Officer Commanding 471st Division
1945-01-23 1945-02-02 General Officer Commanding Division Denecke
1945-02-02 1945-03-10 Unemployed
1945-03-10 1945-05-02 Commandant of Rear Army Area, 3rd Panzer Army
1945-05-02 1947-10-15 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1947-10-15 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299545