The Generals of WWII
Generals from Germany
von Kleist, Ewald
Field Marshal
* 8th of August 1881
† 16th of October 1954
Promotions
| 1926-12-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1929-10-01 | Colonel |
| 1932-01-01 | Honorary Major-General |
| 1932-10-01 | Major-General |
| 1933-10-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1936-08-01 | General of Cavalry |
| 1940-07-19 | Colonel-General |
| 1943-02-01 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1924-02-02 | – | 1928-03-01 | Instructor at the Cavalry School, Hannover |
| 1928-03-01 | – | 1928-04-01 | Attached to 2nd Cavalry Division |
| 1928-04-01 | – | 1929-07-01 | Chief of Staff, 2nd Cavalry Division |
| 1928-07-01 | – | 1931-02-01 | Chief of Staff, 3rd Infantry Division |
| 1931-02-01 | – | 1932-01-01 | Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Regiment |
| 1932-01-01 | – | 1933-10-01 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division |
| 1933-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | General Officer Commanding Military Region Command Breslau |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1935-05-01 | General Officer Commanding Army Frontier Formation Breslau |
| 1935-05-01 | – | 1938-02-04 | General Officer Commanding Military District VIII |
| 1935-06-21 | – | 1938-02-04 | General Officer Commanding VIII Corps |
| 1938-02-28 | Retired | ||
| 1939-08-26 | Recalled | ||
| 1939-08-26 | – | 1940-05-10 | General Officer Commanding XXII Corps [Poland] |
| 1940-05-10 | – | 1940-06-30 | General Officer Commanding Panzer Group Kleist [France] |
| 1940-06-30 | – | 1940-11-01 | General Officer Commanding XXII Corps |
| 1940-11-01 | – | 1941-04-06 | General Officer Commanding Panzer Group 1 |
| 1941-04-06 | – | 1941-06-XX | General Officer Commanding Panzer Group Kleist [Yugoslavia] |
| 1941-06-XX | – | 1941-10-25 | General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Group [Eastern Front] |
| 1941-10-25 | – | 1942-12-21 | General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Army [Eastern Front] |
| 1942-01-XX | – | 1942-05-XX | Commander in Chief of Army Groupment Kleist |
| 1942-11-22 | – | 1944-03-30 | Commander in Chief Army Group A [Eastern Front] |
| 1944-03-31 | – | 1945-04-25 | Unemployed |
| 1945-04-25 | – | Prisoner of War, US Captivity | |
| – | 1946-08-31 | Prisoner of War, British Captivity | |
| 1946-08-31 | – | 1948-08-04 | Prisoner of War, Yugoslav Captivity |
| 1948-08-04 | Condemned to 15 years imprisonment by a Yugoslav Court as a War Criminal | ||
| 1949-03-05 | Transferred to Soviet Union | ||
| 1952-04-17 | Condemned to 25 year imprisonment by a Soviet Court | ||
| 1954-10-16 | Died in Captivity |
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/300002