The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Heinrich Greiner

Greiner, Heinrich

Lieutenant-General

* 12th of August 1895

† 19th of November 1977

Promotions

1938-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-01 Colonel
1942-03-01 Major-General
1943-01-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-01-01 1938-11-10 Instructor at the War School, Munich
1938-11-10 1940-02-06 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 63rd Infantry Regiment
1938-11-10 1938-12-14 Detached to Staff Officers’ Course, 7th and 27th Divisions
1940-02-06 1940-09-25 Commanding Officer 63rd Infantry Regiment
1940-09-25 1941-04-20 Leader of the MIA Office, Staff of the General of Infantry to the Commander in Chief of the Army
1941-04-20 1942-01-06 Commanding Officer 499th Infantry Regiment
1942-01-06 1942-04-20 Acting General Officer Commanding 268th Infantry Division
1942-04-20 1943-09-08 General Officer Commanding 268th Infantry Division
1943-11-20 1945-01-01 General Officer Commanding 362nd Infantry Division
1945-01-01 1945-04-12 Unemployed
1945-04-12 1945-05-06 General Officer Commanding Military District VII
1945-05-06 1947-06-27 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1947-06-27 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299745