The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Friedrich Franek

Franek, Friedrich

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of July 1891

† 8th of April 1976

Promotions

1934-12-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1940-12-01 Colonel
1942-04-20 Major-General
1943-04-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1934-10-01 1938-03-15 Instructor at Military Academy, Wiener Neustadt (Austrian Army)
1938-03-15 Transferred to the German Army
1938-03-15 1938-11-10 Instructor at Military Academy, Wiener Neustadt
1938-11-10 1939-04-01 Attached to 32nd Infantry Regiment
1939-04-01 1940-02-06 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 98th Mountain Regiment
1940-02-06 1940-08-30 Commanding Officer 634th Infantry Regiment
1940-08-30 1940-10-21 Unemployed
1940-10-21 1941-09-12 Commanding Officer 405th Infantry Regiment
1941-09-12 1942-03-01 Wounded and hospitalised
1942-03-01 1942-04-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 196th Infantry Division
1942-04-01 1943-12-24 General Officer Commanding 196th Infantry Division
1943-12-24 1944-01-01 Unemployed
1944-01-01 1944-05-01 General Officer Commanding 44th Grenadier Division "Hoch und Deutschmeister"
1944-05-01 1944-06-26 Unemployed
1944-06-26 1944-07-29 General Officer Commanding 73rd Infantry Division
1944-07-29 1948-07-22 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1948-07-22 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299654