Lieutenant-General
* 14th of February 1896
† 30th of September 1967
| 1936-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-04-01 | Colonel |
| 1941-06-01 | Major-General |
| 1943-04-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1937-10-12 | Chief of Operations (Ia), V Corps |
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1938-02-04 | Attached to the Wehrmacht Office |
| 1938-02-04 | – | 1939-11-01 | Attached to the Armed Forces High Command OKW |
| 1939-11-01 | – | 1940-06-01 | Chief of Staff, X Corps |
| 1940-06-07 | – | 1940-10-01 | Chief of Demobilisation Section, General Army Office, Army High Command OKH |
| 1940-10-01 | – | 1941-01-30 | Chief of Staff, XXXVIII Corps |
| 1941-06-01 | – | 1941-09-01 | German Liaison Officer with the Italian High Command in North Africa |
| 1941-09-01 | – | 1942-01-30 | Chief of Staff, Panzer Group Africa |
| 1942-01-30 | – | 1942-10-01 | Chief of Staff, Panzer Army Africa |
| 1942-10-01 | – | 1942-12-07 | Chief of Staff, German-Italian Panzer Army |
| 1942-12-07 | – | 1943-03-01 | Unemployed |
| 1943-03-01 | – | 1943-05-07 | Chief of Staff, Army Group Africa |
| 1943-05-07 | – | 1943-05-20 | Unemployed |
| 1943-05-20 | – | 1943-07-19 | General Staff Officer for Special Duties with Work Staff Rommel |
| 1943-07-19 | – | 1944-04-15 | Chief of Staff, Army Group B |
| 1944-04-15 | – | 1944-06-15 | Unemployed |
| 1944-06-15 | – | 1944-08-05 | Chief of Staff, Panzer Group West |
| 1944-08-05 | – | 1944-09-10 | Chief of Staff, 5th Panzer Army |
| 1944-09-10 | – | 1944-09-14 | Unemployed |
| 1944-09-14 | – | 1944-11-20 | Chief of Staff, 6th Panzer Army |
| 1944-11-21 | – | 1945-04-05 | Unemployed |
| 1945-04-05 | – | 1945-05-10 | Acting General Officer Commanding II Corps |
| 1945-05-10 | – | 1950-07-24 | Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
| 1950-07-24 | Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal | ||
| 1955-10-10 | Released |