The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Walter von Boltenstern

von Boltenstern, Walter

Lieutenant-General

* 26th of November 1889

† 19th of January 1952

Promotions

1934-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-04-01 Colonel
1940-08-14 Major-General
1942-07-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1933-10-01 1934-09-16 Commanding Officer Training Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment
1934-09-16 1934-10-01 Attached to Military District III
1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Adjutant, Military District III
1935-10-15 1937-10-12 Adjutant, III Corps
1937-10-12 1940-07-01 Commanding Officer 71st Infantry Regiment
1940-07-01 1940-09-07 Acting General Officer Commanding 29th Infantry Division
1940-09-07 1941-12-05 General Officer Commanding 29th Infantry Division
1941-12-05 1942-01-20 Unemployed
1942-01-20 1942-04-27 General Officer Commanding Division 179
1942-04-27 1943-02-19 General Officer Commanding Motorised Division 179
1943-02-19 1944-05-10 Attached to the Reich Military Tribunal
1944-05-10 1945-01-31 Unemployed
1944-06-03 1944-08-12 Attached to Army Group North Ukraine
1945-01-31 Retired
1945-05-08 1952-01-19 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1952-01-19 Died in Captivity
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299446