Colonel-General
* 8th of March 1884
† 25th of September 1963
| 1931-02-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1933-06-01 | Colonel |
| 1936-04-20 | Major-General |
| 1938-04-20 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1940-11-01 | General of Cavalry |
| 1942-07-05 | Colonel-General |
| 1928-04-01 | – | 1931-10-01 | Chief Instructor at the Cavalry School, Hannover |
| 1931-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commanding Officer 13th Mounted Regiment |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1936-10-06 | Commandant of the War School, Hannover |
| 1936-10-06 | – | 1940-10-01 | General Officer Commanding 36th Infantry Division |
| 1940-10-01 | – | 1942-01-16 | General Officer Commanding L Corps [Eastern Front] |
| 1942-01-16 | – | 1944-03-29 | General Officer Commanding 18th Army [Eastern Front] |
| 1944-03-31 | – | 1944-05-06 | Acting Commander in Chief Army Group North [Eastern Front] |
| 1944-05-06 | – | 1944-07-04 | Commander in Chief Army Group North [Eastern Front] |
| 1944-07-04 | – | 1945-01-27 | Unemployed |
| 1945-01-27 | – | 1945-05-06 | Military Commander Denmark |
| 1945-05-06 | – | 1945-05-08 | General Officer Commanding Army Lindemann |
| 1945-05-08 | – | 1945-06-04 | Prisoner of War, British Captivity |
| 1945-06-04 | – | 1947-07-21 | Prisoner of War, US Captivity |
| 1947-07-21 | Released | ||
| 1947-09-26 | Arrested | ||
| 1947-09-26 | – | 1948-05-15 | Prisoner, Danish Captivity |
| 1948-05-15 | Released |