The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Franz-Eccard Armand Karl von Bentivegni

von Bentivegni, Franz-Eccard Armand Karl

Lieutenant-General

* 18th of July 1896

† 4th of April 1958

Promotions

1939-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1938-06-01)
1941-06-01 Colonel
1944-08-01 Major-General
1945-02-01 Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1945-01-30)

Service

1939-03-01 1943-09-15 Chief of ? Section, Foreign Intelligence Office III, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1943-09-15 1944-09-20 Unemployed
1943-09-20 1944-03-14 Temporary Chief of Foreign Intelligence Office III, Armed Forces High Command OKW
1944-03-14 1944-05-18 Unemployed
1944-05-18 1944-07-10 Temporary General Officer Commanding 170th infantry Division
1944-07-10 1944-08-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 81st Infantry Division
1944-08-01 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding 81st Infantry Division
1945-05-08 1952-02-09 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1952-02-09 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-10-09 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/443