The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Johannes Heinrich Max Gotthard Fischer

Fischer, Johannes Heinrich Max Gotthard

Lieutenant-General

* 10th of January 1891

† 27th of July 1969

Promotions

1938-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-01 Colonel
1944-03-01 Major-General
1944-09-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-10-01 1938-07-01 Commanding Officer ? Battery, 37th Artillery Regiment
1938-07-01 1940-04-15 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 47th Artillery Regiment
1940-04-15 1942-02-01 Commanding Officer 21st Artillery Regiment
1942-02-01 1943-08-01 Artillery Commander 123
1943-08-01 1943-12-10 Unemployed
1943-12-10 1944-03-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 126th Infantry Division
1944-03-01 1945-01-05 General Officer Commanding 126th Infantry Division
1945-01-05 1945-05-08 Higher Artillery Commander 303
1945-05-09 1949-03-25 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1949-03-25 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-10-10 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299644