The Generals of WWII
Generals from Latvia
Skaistlauks, Voldemārs Johans
General
* 1892
† 1972
(Вольдемар Йохан Скайстлаукс)
(Voldemārs Johans Šēnfelds)
Promotions
| 1922-XX-XX | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1925-06-22 | Colonel |
| 1940-08-02 | General |
| 1940-12-29 | Major-General (Soviet Army) |
| 1943-04-04 | Waffen Standartführer (Waffen SS) |
| 1944-11-09 | Waffen Oberführer (Waffen SS) |
Service
| 1922-XX-XX | – | 1928-11-XX | Chief of Staff, Artillery Inspectorate |
| 1928-11-XX | – | 1932-12-XX | Commanding Officer Vidzeme Artillery Regiment |
| 1932-12-XX | – | 1935-01-XX | Chief of Staff, Artillery Inspectorate |
| 1935-01-XX | – | 1940-08-XX | Commanding Officer Vidzeme Artillery Regiment |
| 1940-08-XX | – | 1940-09-27 | Deputy Commanding Officer Kurzeme Division |
| 1940-09-27 | Transferred to the Soviet Army | ||
| 1940-09-27 | – | 1941-01-22 | Commanding Officer Artillery XXIV Rifle Corps |
| 1941-01-22 | Retired | ||
| 1943-04-04 | Joins the Waffen SS | ||
| 1943-04-04 | – | 1944-12-XX | Commanding Officer Artillery, 15th SS Grenadier Division |
| 1944-12-XX | Wounded | ||
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Prisoner of War |
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis J. Kursietis