The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Infantry Walter Otto Ludwig Karl Bernhard Fischer von Weikersthal

Fischer von Weikersthal, Walter Otto Ludwig Karl Bernhard

General of Infantry

* 15th of September 1890

† 11th of February 1953

Promotions

1932-12-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-11-01 Colonel
1938-03-01 Major-General
1940-04-01 Lieutenant-General
1942-02-01 General of Infantry

Service

1929-10-01 1933-07-01 Attached to 5th Infantry Division
1933-07-01 1934-10-01 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment
1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Infantry Regiment Ludwigsburg
1935-09-15 1936-10-06 Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Regiment
1936-10-06 1939-08-26 Chief of Staff, V Corps
1939-08-26 1940-11-25 Chief of Staff, 7th Army
1940-11-25 1941-12-01 General Officer Commanding 35th Infantry Division
1941-12-01 1942-03-23 General Officer Commanding LIII Corps
1942-03-23 1942-09-25 Unemployed
1942-09-25 1944-07-25 General Officer Commanding LXVII Corps
1944-07-25 1945-03-27 Unemployed
1945-03-27 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding Higher Command Oberrhein
1945-05-08 1947-XX-XX Prisoner of War
1947-XX-XX Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/301280