The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Infantry Hermann Konstantin Albert Julius von Hanneken

von Hanneken, Hermann Konstantin Albert Julius

General of Infantry

* 5th of January 1890

† 22nd of July 1981

Promotions

1933-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-04-01 Colonel
1938-02-01 Major-General
1940-07-01 Lieutenant-General
1941-12-01 General of Infantry
1945-04-12 Demoted to private
1945-04-18 Major

Service

1933-04-01 1934-10-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment
1934-10-01 1934-12-01 Commanding Officer Infantry Regiment Breslau
1934-12-01 1937-07-20 Chief of Staff, Army Ordnance Office
1937-07-20 1942-09-27 Plenipotentiary-General for the Iron & Steel Industry
1938-02-01 1942-09-27 Chief of Resources, Energy & Mining Section, Ministry of Industry
1942-09-27 1943-11-15 General Officer Commanding German Troops in Denmark
1943-11-15 1945-01-27 Military Commander Denmark
1945-01-27 1945-04-12 Unemployed
1945-04-12 Condemned to 8 years imprisonment and loss of rank
1945-04-18 1945-05-07 Attached to XXXXVIII Panzer Corps
1945-05-07 1945-07-XX Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1945-07-XX 1947-03-31 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1947-09-27 Arrested
1947-09-27 1949-07-21 Prisoner, Danish Captivity
1948-09-20 Condemned to 8 years imprisonment
1949-07-21 Acquitted and released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299785