The Generals of WWII
Generals from Germany
Specht, Karl Wilhelm
General of Infantry
* 22nd of May 1894
† 3rd of December 1953
Promotions
| 1936-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-06-01 | Colonel |
| 1942-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1943-08-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1944-12-01 | General of Infantry |
Service
| 1935-12-01 | – | 1936-10-06 | Commanding Officer 36th Infantry Regiment |
| 1936-10-06 | – | 1939-11-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment |
| 1939-11-01 | – | 1941-11-15 | Commanding Officer 55th Infantry Regiment |
| 1941-11-15 | – | 1942-04-27 | Wounded and convalescing |
| 1942-04-27 | – | 1942-09-10 | Unemployed |
| 1942-09-10 | – | 1942-09-15 | Attached to the Infantry School, Döberitz |
| 1942-09-15 | – | 1943-11-20 | Commandant of the Infantry School, Döberitz |
| 1943-11-20 | – | 1943-12-01 | Unemployed |
| 1943-12-01 | – | 1944-03-01 | Inspector of Army Education & Training Affairs |
| 1944-03-01 | – | 1944-10-01 | Inspector-General of Army Officer Cadets Training |
| 1944-10-01 | – | 1944-12-01 | Unemployed |
| 1944-12-01 | – | 1945-03-16 | General Officer Commanding Military District XX |
| 1945-02-10 | – | 1945-03-16 | General Officer Commanding Defence Area Danzig |
| 1945-03-16 | – | 1945-05-08 | General Officer Commanding Corps Hela |
| 1945-03-16 | – | 1945-05-08 | General Officer Commanding Defence Area Putziger Nehrung |
| 1945-05-09 | – | 1953-04-20 | Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
| 1950-04-20 | Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal | ||
| 1953-12-03 | Died in Captivity |
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