Colonel-General
* 4th of April 1889
† 1st of September 1962
1932-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1934-07-01 | Colonel |
1938-01-01 | Major-General |
1939-12-01 | Lieutenant-General |
1941-12-17 | General of Panzer Troops |
1942-12-04 | Colonel-General |
1932-10-01 | – | 1934-03-15 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment |
1934-03-15 | – | 1935-10-15 | Chief of Operations (Ia), Artillery Leader VII |
1935-10-15 | – | 1938-02-04 | Commanding Officer 68th Infantry Regiment |
1938-02-04 | – | 1939-05-01 | Commander Army Frontier Formation 4, Schweidnitz |
1939-05-01 | – | 1939-08-26 | Officer for Special Employment, Army High Command OKH |
1939-08-26 | – | 1939-09-12 | Unemployed |
1939-09-12 | – | 1940-10-05 | General Officer Commanding 52nd Infantry Division |
1940-10-05 | – | 1941-11-11 | General Officer Commanding 17th Panzer Division |
1941-11-11 | – | 1942-02-01 | Acting General Officer Commanding XXXIX Panzer Corps [Eastern Front] |
1942-02-01 | – | 1942-12-01 | General Officer Commanding XXXIX Panzer Corps [Eastern Front] |
1942-12-01 | – | 1942-12-03 | Unemployed |
1942-12-03 | – | 1943-03-09 | General Officer Commanding 5th Panzer Army [North Africa] |
1943-03-09 | – | 1943-05-12 | Commander in Chief Army Group Africa |
1943-05-12 | – | 1947-07-01 | Prisoner of War |
1947-07-01 | Released |