The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Artillery Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling

Weidling, Helmuth Otto Ludwig

General of Artillery

* 2nd of November 1891

† 17th of November 1955

Promotions

1935-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-03-01 Colonel
1942-02-01 Major-General
1943-01-01 Lieutenant-General
1944-01-01 General of Artillery

Service

1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Artillery Regiment Königsberg
1935-10-15 1936-10-06 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 75th Artillery Regiment
1936-10-06 1938-11-10 Commanding Officer 75th Artillery Regiment
1938-11-10 1940-04-15 Commanding Officer 56th Artillery Regiment
1938-11-10 1940-04-15 Commanding Officer 20th Artillery Regiment
1940-04-15 1942-01-30 Artillery Commander 128
1942-01-30 1942-03-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 86th Infantry Division
1942-03-01 1943-10-16 General Officer Commanding 86th Infantry Division
1943-10-16 1944-01-01 Acting General Officer Commanding XXXXI Panzer Corps
1944-01-01 1944-07-20 General Officer Commanding XXXXI Panzer Corps
1944-07-20 1944-08-15 Unemployed
1944-08-15 1945-04-10 General Officer Commanding XXXXI Panzer Corps for Special Employment
1945-04-10 1945-05-03 General Officer Commanding LVI Panzer Corps
1945-04-10 1945-05-03 Combat Commander Berlin
1945-05-03 1952-02-27 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1952-02-27 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-11-17 Died in prison
Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmuth_Weidling