Field Marshal
* 23rd of September 1890
† 1st of January 1957
1933-06-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1935-06-01 | Colonel |
1939-01-01 | Major-General |
1940-08-01 | Lieutenant-General |
1942-01-01 | General of Panzer Troops |
1942-11-30 | Colonel-General |
1943-01-30 | Field Marshal |
1934-04-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commanding Officer 3rd Motorised Battalion |
1934-10-01 | – | 1935-09-15 | Commanding Officer Motorised Battalion Wünsdorf |
1935-09-15 | – | 1935-10-15 | Attached to the Inspectorate of Motorised Troops |
1935-10-15 | – | 1938-02-04 | Chief of Staff, Panzer Troops Command |
1938-02-04 | – | 1939-05-01 | Chief of Staff, XVI Corps |
1939-05-01 | – | 1939-08-26 | Chief of Staff, Group Command IV |
1939-08-26 | – | 1939-10-26 | Chief of Staff 10th Army, Poland |
1939-10-26 | – | 1940-09-03 | Chief of Staff 6th Army, Belgium-France |
1940-09-03 | – | 1942-01-16 | Senior Quartermaster I, Army general Staff, Army High Command |
1942-01-16 | – | 1943-01-31 | General Officer Commanding 6th Army [Eastern Front] |
1943-01-31 | – | 1953-10-26 | Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
1953-10-26 | Released |