The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Karl Maria von Beeren

von Beeren, Karl Maria

Lieutenant-General

* 10th of February 1890

† 13th of September 1961

Promotions

1935-07-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-01-01 Colonel
1943-02-01 Major-General
1943-05-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer Training Battalion, Infantry regiment Paderborn
1935-10-15 1937-10-12 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 64th Infantry Regiment
1937-10-12 1938-11-10 Attached to 79th Infantry Regiment
1938-11-10 1939-08-26 Commandant of Cologne
1939-08-26 1942-02-10 Commanding Officer 193rd Infantry Regiment
1942-02-10 1942-03-01 Commandant of Fortress Tromsö [Norway]
1942-03-01 1942-04-27 Commandant of Fortress Stavanger [Norway]
1942-04-27 1944-11-10 General Officer Commanding 280th Infantry Division
1944-11-10 1944-12-01 Unemployed
1944-12-01 1945-01-11 General Officer Commanding Division 526
1945-01-11 1945-04-09 Hospitalised
1945-04-09 1947-11-20 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1946-05-30 Acquitted by a British Military Court for war crimes
1947-11-20 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299383