The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Albrecht Baron Digeon von Monteton

Digeon von Monteton, Albrecht Baron

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of December 1887

† 3rd of February 1946

Promotions

1936-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-06-01 Colonel
1942-04-01 Major-General
1943-06-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-05-01 1936-10-06 Attached to IX Corps
1936-10-06 1938-03-01 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 15th Cavalry Regiment
1938-03-01 1939-09-01 Commanding Officer 15th Cavalry Regiment
1939-09-01 1942-05-01 Commanding Officer 167th Infantry Regiment
1942-05-01 1942-05-10 Unemployed
1942-05-10 1942-07-10 Acting General Officer Commanding 342nd Infantry Division
1942-07-10 1942-09-10 Unemployed
1942-09-10 1944-09-05 General Officer Commanding 391st Field Training Division
1944-09-05 1944-10-01 General Officer Commanding 52nd Security Division
1944-10-01 1945-05-08 Commandant of Libau [Latvia]
1945-05-08 1946-02-03 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1946-02-03 Condemned to death by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1946-02-03 Executed
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/300250