Field Marshal
* 30th of October 1882
† 19th of August 1944
| 1927-07-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1930-02-01 | Colonel |
| 1933-02-01 | Major-General |
| 1934-04-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1936-08-01 | General of Artillery |
| 1939-10-01 | Colonel-General |
| 1940-07-19 | Field Marshal |
| 1926-08-01 | – | 1929-02-01 | Commanding Officer 5th Battalion, 3rd Artillery Regiment |
| 1929-02-01 | – | 1930-03-01 | Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division |
| 1930-03-01 | – | 1931-10-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Artillery Regiment |
| 1931-10-01 | – | 1933-10-01 | Artillery Leader III |
| 1933-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Inspector of Signals Troops |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1935-04-01 | General Officer Commanding 6th Infantry Division |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1938-11-24 | General Officer Commanding Military District VI |
| 1935-04-01 | – | 1938-11-24 | General Officer Commanding VI Corps |
| 1938-11-24 | – | 1939-08-26 | Commander in Chief Group Command 6 |
| 1939-08-26 | – | 1941-12-19 | General Officer Commanding 4th Army [Poland - France - Eastern Front] |
| 1941-12-19 | – | 1943-10-12 | Commander in Chief Army Group Center [Eastern Front] |
| 1943-10-12 | – | 1944-10-28 | Unemployed |
| 1943-10-28 | – | 1944-07-02 | Injured in a car accident and convalescing |
| 1944-07-02 | – | 1944-08-16 | Commander in Chief West [France] |
| 1944-07-02 | – | 1944-08-16 | Commander in Chief Army Group D [France] |
| 1944-07-19 | – | 1944-08-15 | Commander in Chief Army Group B [France] |
| 1944-08-16 | – | 1944-08-19 | Unemployed |
| 1944-08-19 | Committed suicide |