The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Walter Jost

Jost, Walter

Lieutenant-General

* 25th of July 1896

† 24th of April 1945

Promotions

1937-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-07-19 Colonel
1943-04-20 Major-General
1944-12-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-05-21 1938-01-20 Attached to the Reichswehr Ministry
1938-02-01 1938-03-01 Attached to 75th Infantry Regiment
1938-03-01 1940-02-06 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 75th Infantry Regiment
1940-02-06 1940-08-XX Commanding Officer 75th Infantry Regiment
1940-08-XX 1941-10-02 Wounded and hospitalised
1941-10-02 1943-04-20 Commanding Officer 75th Infantry Regiment
1942-06-XX 1942-07-XX Acting General Officer Commanding 5th Light Division
1943-04-20 1943-08-01 General for Special Employment, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1943-08-01 1944-04-26 Chief of Central Office, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1944-04-26 1945-04-24 General Officer Commanding 42nd Jäger Division
1945-04-24 Killed in Action
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299949