Colonel-General
* 12th of April 1885
† 25th of January 1971
| 1929-02-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1932-02-01 | Colonel |
| 1934-10-01 | Major-General |
| 1936-10-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1938-11-01 | General of Infantry |
| 1940-07-19 | Colonel-General |
| 1929-01-01 | – | 1930-11-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment |
| 1930-11-01 | – | 1932-10-01 | Chief of Operations (Ia), Group Command 1 |
| 1932-10-01 | – | 1933-08-01 | Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Regiment |
| 1933-08-01 | – | 1933-10-01 | Attached to 6th Infantry Regiment |
| 1933-10-01 | – | 1934-02-01 | Attached to Military Region Lübeck |
| 1934-02-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commandant of Lübeck |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1935-10-15 | Infantry Leader III |
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1938-04-01 | General Officer Commanding 18th Division |
| 1938-04-01 | – | 1938-11-01 | At disposal of the Army High Command OKH |
| 1938-11-01 | – | 1938-11-10 | attached to XV Corps |
| 1938-11-10 | – | 1940-05-13 | General Officer Commanding XV Corps [Poland - France] |
| 1940-05-14 | – | 1940-06-30 | General Officer Commanding PAnzer Group Hoth [France] |
| 1940-06-30 | – | 1940-11-16 | General Officer Commanding XV Corps |
| 1940-11-16 | – | 1941-10-05 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Panzer Group [Eastern Front] |
| 1941-10-05 | – | 1942-05-15 | General Officer Commanding 17th Army [Eastern Front] |
| 1942-05-15 | – | 1943-11-03 | General Officer Commanding 4th Panzer Army [Eastern Front] |
| 1942-11-22 | – | 1943-01-XX | Commander in Chief Army Groupment Hoth |
| 1943-12-10 | – | 1945-04-XX | Unemployed |
| 1945-04-XX | – | 1945-05-08 | General Officer Commanding Erz Mountains |
| 1945-05-08 | – | 1948-10-27 | Prisoner of War, US Captivity |
| 1948-10-27 | Condemned to 15th years imprisonment for War Crimes | ||
| 1954-04-07 | Released |