The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Walter Eugen Werner Hühner

Hühner, Walter Eugen Werner

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of August 1886

† 19th of February 1966

Promotions

1934-12-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-08-01 Colonel
1941-09-01 Major-General
1943-01-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-02-01 1935-10-15 Adjutant, 1st Division
1935-10-15 1936-10-06 Adjutant, I Corps
1936-10-06 1938-03-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 83rd Infantry Regiment
1938-03-01 1941-08-11 Commanding Officer 25th Infantry Regiment
1941-08-11 1941-12-09 Commanding Officer 12th Rifle Brigade
1941-12-09 1942-01-29 Acting General Officer Commanding 8th Panzer Division
1942-01-29 1942-04-10 Unemployed
1942-04-10 1943-03-21 General Officer Commanding 61st Infantry Division
1943-03-21 1943-05-05 Ill and hospitalised
1943-05-05 1943-06-01 Unemployed
1943-06-01 1943-07-01 General Officer Commanding 416th Infantry Division
1943-07-01 1943-07-15 Attached to Fortifications Königsberg
1943-07-15 1944-10-01 General Officer Commanding Fortifications Königsberg
1944-10-01 1945-02-08 Unemployed
1945-02-08 1945-02-24 Attached to Military District II
1945-02-24 1945-03-13 Commandant of Fortress Stettin
1945-03-13 1945-04-15 Commandant of Defence District Stettin
1945-04-15 1945-05-08 Unemployed
1945-05-08 1947-04-14 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1947-04-14 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299916