The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Pioneers Walter Kuntze

Kuntze, Walter

General of Pioneers

* 23rd of February 1883

† 1st of April 1968

Promotions

1929-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-10-01 Colonel
1934-09-01 Major-General
1936-08-01 Lieutenant-General
1938-02-10 General of Pioneers

Service

1928-05-01 1930-03-01 Commanding Officer 1st Pioneer Battalion
1930-03-01 1932-10-01 Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of Pioneers & Fortifications
1932-10-01 1935-05-15 Higher Pioneer Officer I
1935-05-15 1935-09-15 Acting General Officer Commanding 6th Infantry Division
1935-09-15 1938-02-04 General Officer Commanding 6th Infantry Division
1938-02-04 1938-10-01 Chief of Command Staff Kaiserslautern
1938-10-01 1939-08-26 General Officer Commanding Frontier Troops Saarpfalz
1939-08-26 1939-09-17 General Officer Commanding General Command Saarpfalz
1939-09-17 1940-02-15 General Officer Commanding XXIV Corps
1940-02-15 1941-10-10 General Officer Commanding XXXXII Corps
1941-10-10 1941-10-29 Unemployed
1941-10-29 1942-07-21 Temporary Commander in Chief South-East
1941-10-29 1942-07-21 Acting General Officer Commanding 12th Army [Greece]
1942-07-21 1942-09-15 Unemployed
1942-09-15 1944-09-04 Chief of Training Office, Replacement Army
1944-09-04 1944-10-05 General Commanding Commanding Fortified Areas West
1944-10-05 1945-01-10 Chief of Training Office, Replacement Army
1945-01-10 1945-03-15 Unemployed
1945-03-15 1945-05-02 General Officer Commanding Military District III
1945-05-02 1948-02-19 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1948-02-19 Condemned to Life imprisonment by a US Military Tribunal as war criminal
1953-02-10 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/300088