The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hermann Julius Fischer

Fischer, Hermann Julius

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of February 1894

† 12th of March 1968

Promotions

1936-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-08-01 Colonel
1942-04-01 Major-General
1943-04-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-10-06 1939-10-28 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 77th Infantry Regiment
1939-10-29 1939-12-01 Commanding Officer 6th Infantry Replacement Regiment
1939-12-01 1942-03-24 Commanding Officer 340th Infantry Regiment
1942-03-24 1942-04-20 Acting General Officer Commanding 181st Infantry Division
1942-04-20 1944-10-01 General Officer Commanding 181st Infantry Division
1944-10-01 1944-10-20 Unemployed
1944-10-20 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding Army Rear Area 584
1945-05-08 1949-06-11 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1949-06-11 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-10-10 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299645