The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Artillery Curt Otto Rudolf Wilhelm Gallenkamp

Gallenkamp, Curt Otto Rudolf Wilhelm

General of Artillery

* 17th of February 1890

† 13th of April 1958

Promotions

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

Service

1932-10-01 1933-01-23 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 4th Artillery Regiment
1933-01-23 1934-10-01 Attached to 5th Infantry Division
1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Attached to Army Frontier Formation Giessen
1935-10-15 1936-03-07 Attached to Army Frontier Formation 8
1936-03-07 1936-06-01 Attached to 34th Infantry Division
1936-06-01 1936-07-01 Officer for Special Employment with the Commander in Chief of the Army
1936-07-01 1936-10-06 Commanding Officer Army Frontier Formation 8
1936-10-06 1937-05-01 Commanding Officer Army Frontier Formation 11
1937-05-01 1938-03-25 Artillery Commander 18
1938-03-25 1938-04-01 Attached to III Corps
1938-04-01 1939-09-27 Chief of Staff, III Corps
1939-09-27 1941-09-29 General Officer Commanding 78th Infantry Division
1941-09-29 1942-03-05 Unemployed
1942-03-05 1942-03-10 Attached to 1st Army
1942-03-10 1942-04-10 Attached to 7th Army
1942-04-10 1942-05-27 General Officer Commanding XXXI Higher Command for Special Employment
1942-05-27 1944-08-07 General Officer Commanding LXXX Corps
1944-08-07 1945-04-12 Unemployed
1945-04-12 1947-03-25 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1947-03-25 Condemned to death by a British Military Court
1947-05-15 Sentence changed to life imprisonment
1952-02-26 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299683