The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Erich Rudolf Hofmann

Hofmann, Erich Rudolf

Lieutenant-General

* 30th of September 1889

† 8th of September 1961

Promotions

1936-01-19 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1939-02-01 Colonel
1941-09-01 Major-General
1943-09-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1934-10-15 1937-10-01 Attached to the Federal Ministry for National Defence (Austrian Army)
1937-10-01 1938-04-01 Chief of Operations (Ia), 8th Mountain Brigade (Austrian Army)
1938-03-15 Transferred to the German Army
1938-04-01 1939-10-15 Chief of Operations (Ia), XVIII Corps
1939-10-15 1939-12-09 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 270th Infantry Regiment
1939-12-09 1941-07-18 Commanding Officer 352nd Infantry Regiment
1941-07-18 1941-09-01 Field Commandant 241
1941-09-01 1942-12-31 Commandant of Pleskau
1942-12-31 1943-11-XX General Officer Commanding 207th Security Division
1943-11-XX 1944-04-28 Battle Commandant of Narva & Lake Peipus
1944-04-28 1944-06-20 Unemployed
1944-06-20 1944-07-20 Acting General Officer Commanding 93rd Infantry Division
1944-07-20 1944-07-27 Unemployed
1944-07-27 1944-10-09 General Officer Commanding 560th Infantry Division
1944-10-09 1944-11-10 General Officer Commanding 560th People's Grenadier Division
1944-11-10 1945-08-01 Unemployed
1945-08-01 1947-XX-XX Prisoner of War
1947-XX-XX Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299889