The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hans-Joachim von Horn

von Horn, Hans-Joachim

Lieutenant-General

* 23rd of October 1896

† 10th of January 1994

Promotions

1937-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-01 Colonel
1943-04-01 Major-General
1943-10-01 Lieutenant-General
1956-06-01 Major-General (Bundeswehr)
1958-12-01 Lieutenant-General (Bundeswehr)

Service

1936-07-02 1938-11-05 Chief of Operations (Ia), XII Corps
1938-11-05 1938-11-15 Officer for Special Employment to the Commander in Chief of the Army
1938-11-15 1939-09-08 Military Attaché to France
1938-11-15 1939-09-08 Military Attaché to Portugal
1939-09-08 1940-06-01 Chief of Staff, XII Corps
1940-06-01 1942-07-15 Chief of Staff, X Corps
1942-07-15 1942-09-21 Unemployed
1942-09-21 1942-10-04 Attached to School for Fast Troops Krampnitz
1942-10-04 1942-10-16 Attached to 7th Panzer Division
1942-10-16 1942-10-22 Acting Commanding Officer 7th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
1942-10-22 1943-01-06 Unemployed
1943-01-06 1943-02-07 Acting General Officer Commanding Army Area Don
1943-02-07 1943-04-01 Acting General Officer Commanding 198th Infantry Division
1943-04-01 1944-06-01 General Officer Commanding 198th Infantry Division
1944-06-01 1944-07-01 Unemployed
1944-07-01 1945-05-10 Military Attaché to Switzerland
1945-05-10 1947-09-17 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1947-09-17 Released
1956-05-15 Joins the Bundeswehr
1956-05-15 1956-06-01 Attending course for future Bundeswehr officers, Sonthofen
1956-06-01 1957-11-01 General Officer Commanding Military District II
1957-11-01 1961-09-30 General Officer Commanding Territorial Army
1961-09-30 Retired