The Generals of WWII

Generals from Germany Flag for Germany
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Werner von Bercken

von Bercken, Werner

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of February 1897

† 29th of February 1976

Promotions

1939-03-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-02-01 Colonel
1944-02-01 Major-General
1944-08-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-10-01 1939-12-15 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 50th Infantry Regiment
1939-12-15 1940-03-01 Attached to the Infantry School
1940-03-01 1940-09-09 Chief Instructor at the Infantry School
1940-09-09 1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment
1940-XX-XX 1940-11-15 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment
1940-11-15 1941-12-01 Commanding Officer 509th Infantry Regiment
1941-12-01 1941-12-23 Unemployed
1941-12-23 1942-08-03 Commanding Officer 84th Infantry Regiment
1942-08-03 1942-08-15 Ill
1942-08-15 1943-11-10 Commanding Officer 84th Infantry Regiment
1943-11-10 1944-02-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 102nd Infantry Division
1944-02-01 1945-04-05 General Officer Commanding 102nd Infantry Division
1945-04-05 1945-04-28 General Officer Commanding 558th People's Grenadier Division
1945-04-28 1949-05-20 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1949-05-20 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-10-06 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/301544