The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Field Marshal Fedor Moritz Albert von Bock

von Bock, Fedor Moritz Albert

Field Marshal

* 3rd of December 1880

† 4th of May 1945

Promotions

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

Service

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
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299423