The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Erwin Jaenecke

Jaenecke, Erwin

Colonel-General

* 22nd of April 1890

† 3rd of July 1960

Promotions

1934-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-03-01 Colonel
1939-11-01 Major-General
1941-11-01 Lieutenant-General
1942-11-01 General of Pioneers
1944-01-30 Colonel-General

Service

1934-04-01 1934-10-01 Attached to 6th Pioneer Battalion
1934-10-01 1935-10-01 Commanding Officer 31st Pioneer Battalion
1935-10-01 1936-10-12 Pioneer Commander III
1936-10-12 1937-10-12 Attached to the Ministry of War
1937-10-12 1938-02-15 Pioneer Commander XIV
1938-02-15 1938-03-12 Chief of Staff, Special Staff W (Condor Legion) [Spain]
1938-03-12 1938-11-10 Senior Quartermaster, 8th Army
1938-11-10 1939-08-26 Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of Fortifications
1939-08-26 1939-10-13 Senior Quartermaster, 2nd Army
1939-10-13 1939-10-23 Senior Quartermaster, Frontier Sector Command Centre
1939-10-23 1940-05-14 Senior Quartermaster with Commander in Chief East [Poland]
1940-05-14 1940-05-16 Senior Quartermaster, 9th Army
1940-05-23 1940-07-04 Unemployed
1940-07-07 1940-10-25 Chief Quartermaster Paris
1940-10-25 1941-04-15 Chief Quartermaster France
1941-04-15 1942-02-01 Chief Quartermaster West
1942-02-01 1942-11-01 General Officer Commanding 389th Infantry Division [Eastern Front]
1942-11-01 1943-01-17 General Officer Commanding IV Corps [Eastern Front]
1943-01-17 1943-01-27 Wounded and hospitalised
1943-01-27 1943-04-01 Unemployed
1943-04-01 1943-06-03 General Officer Commanding LXXXVI Corps
1943-06-03 1943-10-08 Acting General Officer Commanding 17th Army [Eastern Front]
1943-10-08 1944-05-01 General Officer Commanding 17th Army, Eastern Front
1944-05-01 1945-01-31 Unemployed
1945-01-31 Retired
1945-06-11 1947-11-25 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1947-11-25 Condemned to 25 imprisonment as a war war criminal by a Soviet Court
1955-10-13 Released