General of Panzer Troops
* 23rd of December 1891
† 14th of February 1979
1936-09-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1939-01-06 | Colonel |
1941-01-01 | Major-General |
1942-09-01 | Lieutenant-General |
1944-03-01 | General of Panzer Troops |
1936-08-16 | – | 1936-09-16 | Chief of Operations (Ia), IV Corps |
1936-09-16 | Transferred to the Air Force | ||
1936-09-16 | – | 1936-11-30 | Attached to the Commander in Chief of the Air Force |
1936-11-30 | Transferred back to the Army | ||
1936-11-30 | – | 1939-10-15 | Military Attaché to the Spain (Nationalists) |
1939-08-01 | – | 1939-10-15 | Military Attaché to Portugal |
1939-10-15 | – | 1940-11-13 | Commanding Officer 5th Panzer Regiment |
1940-11-13 | – | 1941-01-15 | Commanding Officer 3rd Panzer Brigade |
1941-01-15 | – | 1941-02-14 | Commanding Officer Blocking Formation Libya |
1941-02-14 | – | 1941-06-06 | Acting General Officer Commanding 7th Panzer Division |
1941-06-06 | – | 1943-08-20 | General Officer Commanding 7th Panzer Division |
1943-08-20 | – | 1943-12-05 | Unemployed |
1943-12-05 | – | 1944-02-02 | Temporary General Officer Commanding XXIII Corps |
1944-03-05 | – | 1944-09-05 | General Officer Commanding XXXXVII Panzer Corps |
1944-09-05 | – | 1945-02-28 | Unemployed |
1945-02-28 | Retired | ||
1945-05-08 | – | 1955-10-09 | prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
1955-10-09 | Released |