Field Marshal
* 3rd of December 1880
† 4th of May 1945
| 1920-12-18 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1925-05-01 | Colonel |
| 1929-02-01 | Major-General |
| 1931-02-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1935-03-01 | General of Infantry |
| 1938-03-15 | Colonel-General |
| 1940-07-19 | Field Marshal |
| 1920-10-01 | – | 1924-04-01 | Chief of Staff, 3rd Infantry Division |
| 1924-04-01 | – | 1926-02-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment |
| 1926-02-01 | – | 1926-06-01 | Attached to 4th Infantry Regiment |
| 1926-06-01 | – | 1929-11-01 | Commanding Officer 4th Infantry Regiment |
| 1929-11-01 | – | 1929-12-01 | Attached to Group Command 1 |
| 1929-12-01 | – | 1931-10-01 | General Officer Commanding 1st Cavalry Division |
| 1931-10-01 | – | 1935-04-01 | General Officer Commanding Military District II |
| 1931-10-01 | – | 1935-04-01 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1935-04-01 | – | 1935-05-20 | Commander Army Frontier Formation, Dresden |
| 1935-10-15 | Acting Commander in Chief Group Command 3 | ||
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1938-11-10 | Commander in Chief Group Command 3 |
| 1938-03-12 | – | 1938-04-03 | Acting General Officer Commanding Austrian Federal Army |
| 1938-11-10 | – | 1939-08-26 | Commander in Chief Group Command 1 |
| 1939-08-26 | – | 1939-10-10 | Commander in Chief Army Group North [Poland] |
| 1939-10-10 | – | 1941-06-22 | Commander in Chief Army Group B [Netherlands - Belgium - France] |
| 1941-06-22 | – | 1941-12-19 | Commander in Chief Army Group Center, Eastern Front |
| 1941-12-19 | – | 1942-01-16 | Unemployed |
| 1942-01-16 | – | 1942-07-10 | Commander in Chief Army Group South [Eastern Front] |
| 1942-07-10 | – | 1942-07-15 | Commander in Chief Army Group B [Eastern Front] |
| 1942-07-15 | – | 1945-05-03 | Unemployed |
| 1945-05-03 | Severely wounded in an air attack | ||
| 1945-05-04 | Died of his wounds |