Field Marshal
* 21st of January 1891
† 21st of April 1945
1932-11-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1934-10-01 | Colonel |
1938-03-01 | Major-General |
1940-04-01 | Lieutenant-General |
1941-10-01 | General of Panzer Troops |
1942-02-28 | Colonel-General |
1944-03-01 | Field Marshal |
1929-10-01 | – | 1933-10-01 | Attached to the Reichwehr |
1933-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment |
1934-10-01 | – | 1935-10-15 | Commanding Officer Infantry Regiment Allenstein |
1935-10-15 | – | 1938-11-10 | Chief of 8th Section, Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH |
1938-11-10 | – | 1939-10-25 | Chief of Staff, IV Corps |
1939-10-25 | – | 1940-11-13 | Chief of Staff, 16th Army [France] |
1940-11-13 | – | 1941-11-01 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Panzer Division |
1941-10-01 | – | 1942-01-14 | General Officer Commanding XXXXI Panzer Corps |
1942-01-15 | – | 1943-11-04 | General Officer Commanding 9th Army [Eastern Front] |
1943-07-13 | – | 1943-08-13 | Acting General Officer Commanding 2nd Panzer Army [Eastern Front] |
1943-11-04 | – | 1944-01-31 | Unemployed |
1944-01-31 | – | 1944-03-31 | Acting Commander in Chief Army Group North [Eastern Front] |
1944-03-31 | – | 1944-04-04 | Acting Commander in Chief Army Group South [Eastern Front] |
1944-04-04 | – | 1944-04-05 | Acting Commander in Chief Army Group North Ukraine [Eastern Front] |
1944-04-06 | – | 1944-06-27 | Commander in Chief Army Group North Ukraine [Eastern Front] |
1944-06-27 | – | 1944-08-16 | Acting Commander in Chief Army Group Centre [Eastern Front] |
1944-08-16 | – | 1944-09-04 | Commander in Chief West |
1944-08-16 | – | 1944-09-04 | Commander in Chief Army Group D |
1944-08-17 | – | 1945-04-17 | Commander in Chief Army Group B |
1945-04-21 | Committed suicide |