The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hans Heinrich Justus Julius Freiherr von Falkenstein

von Falkenstein, Hans Heinrich Justus Julius Freiherr

Lieutenant-General

* 12th of September 1893

† 30th of October 1980

Promotions

1937-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-04-01 Colonel
1943-04-20 Major-General
1943-11-01 Lieutenant-General

Service

1935-05-21 1937-10-12 Attached to the War Ministry
1937-10-12 1940-01-10 Commanding Officer 7th Machine-Gun Battalion
1940-01-10 1941-12-20 Commanding Officer 103rd Infantry Regiment
1941-12-20 1942-11-08 Commanding Officer 14th Rifle Brigade
1942-11-08 1943-02-20 Unemployed
1943-02-20 1943-02-22 Attached to Army Group Centre
1943-02-22 1943-04-25 Acting General Officer Commanding 707th Infantry Division
1943-04-25 1943-05-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division
1943-05-01 1943-12-01 General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division
1943-12-01 1944-02-24 Unemployed
1944-02-24 1944-06-01 General Officer Commanding 24th Infantry Division
1944-06-01 1944-08-01 Unemployed
1944-08-01 1945-05-07 Military Replacement Inspector, Dresden
1945-05-07 1949-05-10 Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity
1949-05-10 Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal
1955-10-10 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299623