The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Artillery Walter Warlimont

Warlimont, Walter

General of Artillery

* 3rd of October 1894

† 9th of October 1976

Promotions

1935-05-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-02-01 Colonel
1939-01-06 Colonel (Seniority from 1938-01-01)
1939-07-15 Colonel (Seniority from 1937-10-01)
1940-08-01 Major-General
1942-04-01 Lieutenant-General
1942-04-01 General of Artillery

Service

1934-07-10 1935-05-21 Attached to the Reichwehr Ministry
1935-05-21 1936-12-14 Attached to the Ministry of War
1936-12-14 1937-10-12 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 34th Artillery Regiment
1937-10-12 1938-11-10 Commanding Officer 26th Artillery Regiment
1938-12-10 1942-01-01 Chief of National Defence Section, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1942-01-01 1944-09-27 Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces Operations Staff, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1944-09-27 1944-11-15 Ill
1944-11-15 1944-12-01 Unemployed
1944-12-01 1945-05-08 At disposal of the Chief of the Armed Forces High Command OKW
1945-05-08 1948-10-27 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1948-10-27 Condemned to life imprisonment by a US Military Tribunal as war criminal
1951-01-31 Sentence changed to 18 years imprisonment
1954-06-09 Released
Picture source: https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Warlimont,_Walter