The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Max Rudolf Wilhelm von Diringshofen

von Diringshofen, Max Rudolf Wilhelm

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of June 1876

† 27th of May 1959

Promotions

1922-05-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-03-31 Honorary Colonel
1936-08-01 Colonel
1941-08-01 Major-General
1943-03-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1922-02-01 1922-06-06 Commanding Officer 3rd Mounted Regiment
1922-06-06 1922-07-01 Attached to 3rd Mounted Regiment
1922-07-01 1925-03-31 Commanding Officer 3rd Mounted Regiment
1925-03-31 Retired
1933-10-01 Recalled
1933-10-01 1939-08-26 Training Director, Deutsch-Eylau
1939-08-26 1942-01-10 Commanding Officer 206th Infantry Replacement Regiment
1942-01-10 1942-04-02 Acting General Officer Commanding 401st Division
1942-04-02 1942-09-25 General Officer Commanding 401st Division
1942-09-25 1943-03-31 Unemployed
1943-03-31 Retired
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/525