The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Johann Paul Friedrich Drekmann

Drekmann, Johann Paul Friedrich

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of November 1893

† 9th of March 1960

Promotions

1937-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-10-01 Colonel
1943-10-01 Major-General
1944-07-20 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-10-06 1940-11-16 Group Director, Section Weapons Testing 2, Army Weapons Office, Army High Command OKH
1940-11-16 1942-04-20 Chief of Section Weapons Testing 2, Army Weapons Office, Army High Command OKH
1942-04-20 1943-03-03 Commanding Officer 34th Infantry Regiment
1943-03-03 1943-07-01 Unemployed
1943-07-01 1943-08-28 Acting General Officer Commanding 39th Infantry Division
1943-08-28 1943-10-01 Acting Acting General Officer Commanding of 161st Infantry Division
1943-10-01 1943-11-15 General Officer Commanding 161st Infantry Division
1943-11-15 1944-02-01 Acting Acting General Officer Commanding Corps Detachment A
1944-02-01 1944-07-27 General Officer Commanding Corps Detachment A
1944-07-27 1944-09-05 General Officer Commanding 161st Infantry Division
1944-09-05 1944-10-01 Unemployed
1944-10-01 1945-03-25 General Officer Commanding 252nd Infantry Division
1945-03-25 1945-07-15 Unemployed
1945-07-15 1947-07-08 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1947-07-08 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299574