The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Erich Carl Heinrich Richard Diestel

Diestel, Erich Carl Heinrich Richard

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of November 1892

† 3rd of August 1973

Promotions

1937-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-01 Colonel
1942-08-01 Major-General
1943-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-07-01 1937-10-12 Instructor at War School, Dresden
1937-10-12 1940-10-15 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 68th Infantry Regiment
1940-10-15 1942-04-15 Commanding Officer 188th Infantry Regiment
1942-04-15 1942-08-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 101st Light Division
1942-08-01 1942-09-01 General Officer Commanding 101st Light Division
1942-09-01 1942-09-05 Unemployed
1942-09-05 1942-09-13 Acting General Officer Commanding 75th Infantry Division
1942-09-14 1942-09-27 Unemployed
1942-09-27 1944-10-16 General Officer Commanding 346th Infantry Division
1944-10-16 1944-11-18 Unemployed
1944-11-18 1945-03-23 General Officer Commanding Special Purpose Division Staff 331
1945-03-23 1945-04-10 Acting General Officer Commanding Corps Detachment Diestel
1945-04-10 1945-05-08 Acting General Officer Commanding Army Detachment Kleffel
1945-05-08 1947-XX-XX Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1947-XX-XX Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299556