The Generals of WWII

Generals from Germany Flag for Germany
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Helmuth von Pannwitz

von Pannwitz, Helmuth

Lieutenant-General

* 14th of October 1898

† 16th of January 1947

Promotions

1941-05-13 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-04-01 Colonel
1943-06-01 Major-General
1944-04-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-05-13 1941-11-29 Commanding Officer 45th Reconnaissance Battalion
1941-11-29 1942-11-15 Secretary to the General of Mobile Troops, Army High Command
1942-11-15 1943-05-01 Commanding Officer Cavalry Unit von Pannwitz [Eastern Front]
1943-05-01 1943-06-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 1st Cossack Division [Eastern Front]
1943-06-01 1945-02-10 General Officer Commanding 1st Cossack Division [Eastern Front]
1945-02-10 1945-05-09 General Officer Commanding XV SS Cavalry Corps [Eastern Front]
1945-05-09 1945-07-XX Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1945-07-XX 1947-01-16 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1947-01-16 Condemned to death by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1947-01-16 Executed
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/300328