The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Karl August Gümbel

Gümbel, Karl August

Lieutenant-General

* 24th of June 1888

† 28th of October 1970

Promotions

1935-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Police)
1935-10-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-01-01 Colonel
1942-02-01 Major-General
1943-01-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-09-01 1935-10-15 Attached to Infantry Regiment Rostock
1935-10-15 1936-05-15 Attached to 27th Infantry Regiment
1936-05-15 1938-07-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment
1938-07-01 1940-02-06 Commanding Officer 118th Infantry Regiment
1940-02-06 1941-12-09 Commanding Officer 516th Infantry Regiment
1941-12-09 1942-02-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 295th Infantry Division
1942-02-01 1942-04-01 General Officer Commanding 295th Infantry Division
1942-05-01 1942-05-30 General Officer Commanding 257th Infantry Division
1942-05-30 1942-06-05 Unemployed
1942-06-05 1942-07-10 General Officer Commanding Division 182
1942-07-10 1942-08-03 General Officer Commanding 182nd Infantry Division
1942-09-27 1944-02-05 General Officer Commanding 348th Infantry Division
1944-02-05 1944-03-01 Unemployed
1944-03-01 1945-05-10 General Officer Commanding Division 152
1945-05-10 1947-07-08 Prisoner of War
1947-07-08 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299758