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Portrait of General of Infantry Helmuth Volkmann

Volkmann, Helmuth

General of Infantry

* 28th of February 1889

† 21st of August 1940

Promotions

1932-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-07-01 Colonel
1936-01-01 Major-General
1937-11-01 Honorary Lieutenant-General
1938-04-01 Lieutenant-General
1938-11-01 Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1937-04-01)
1939-01-18 General of Flyers (Seniority from 1939-01-01)
1940-05-11 General of Infantry

Service

1929-10-01 1933-04-01 Attached to Artillery Leader II
1933-04-01 1934-09-01 Chief of ? Section, Reichwehr Ministry
1934-09-01 Transferred to the Air Force
1934-09-01 1935-04-01 Chief of ? Section, Ministry of Air
1935-04-01 1936-06-09 Higher Air Commander III
1936-06-09 1937-11-01 Chief of Air Force Administration Office, Ministry of Air
1937-11-01 1938-10-31 General Officer Commanding Condor Legion [Spain]
1938-11-01 1939-01-31 General for Special Employment with Commander in Chief of the Air force
1939-04-01 1939-08-26 Commandant of the Air War Academy, Berlin-Gatow
1939-08-26 1940-08-04 General Officer Commanding 94th Infantry Division
1940-04-22 Transferred to the Army
1940-08-04 Severely wounded in an car accident and hospitalised
1940-08-21 Died of his wounds
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