The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Wolfgang Paul Franz Dietrich von Ditfurth

von Ditfurth, Wolfgang Paul Franz Dietrich

Lieutenant-General

* 28th of February 1879

† 22nd of March 1946

Promotions

1928-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-02-01 Colonel
1939-04-01 Honorary Major-General
1940-09-01 Major-General (at Disposal)
1941-10-01 Lieutenant-General (at Disposal)

Service

1927-10-01 1929-10-01 Instructor at the Infantry School
1929-10-01 1931-02-01 Attached to 9th Infantry Regiment
1931-02-01 1932-03-31 Commanding Officer Guards Regiment Berlin
1932-03-31 Retired
1934-10-01 Recalled
1934-10-01 1939-03-31 Advisor, 3rd Department, Senior Quartermaster IV, Reich Ministry of War / Army High Command
1939-03-31 Retired
1939-08-01 Recalled
1939-08-01 1939-10-25 Scientific Assistant, War Historical Research Institute
1939-10-25 1941-03-15 General Officer Commanding Division 403
1941-03-15 1942-05-15 General Officer Commanding 403rd Security Division
1942-05-15 1942-07-31 Unemployed
1942-08-01 1945-02-XX Attached to War Historical Research Institute
1945-02-XX 1946-02-03 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1946-02-03 Condemned to death by a Soviet Military Court as a war criminal
1946-03-22 Executed