Field Marshal
* 30th of May 1881
† 25th of May 1969
1929-01-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1931-05-01 | Colonel |
1934-04-01 | Major-General |
1935-12-01 | Lieutenant-General |
1937-04-01 | General of Artillery |
1940-07-19 | Colonel-General |
1942-06-30 | Field Marshal |
1926-03-01 | – | 1929-03-01 | Instructor at the Infantry school, Dresden |
1929-03-01 | – | 1930-02-01 | Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of Army Education & Training Affairs |
1932-02-01 | – | 1932-10-01 | Chief Instructor at the Artillery School, Jüterbog |
1932-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Artillery Leader I |
1934-10-01 | – | 1935-04-01 | Artillery Leader Königsberg |
1935-04-01 | – | 1936-08-XX | Inspector of War Schools |
1936-08-XX | – | 1937-04-01 | Deputy President of the Reich Military Tribunal |
1937-04-01 | – | 1939-07-31 | General Officer Commanding I Corps |
1937-04-01 | – | 1939-07-31 | General Officer Commanding Military District I |
1939-08-22 | – | 1939-10-21 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Army [Poland] |
1939-11-04 | – | 1942-01-16 | General Officer Commanding 18th Army [France - Eastern Front] |
1942-01-17 | – | 1944-01-31 | Commander in Chief Army Group North |
1944-01-31 | – | 1945-05-08 | Unemployed |
1945-05-08 | – | 1948-10-27 | Prisoner of War, US Captivity |
1948-10-27 | Condemned to 20 years imprisonment by a US Military Tribunal as war criminal | ||
1952-02-18 | Released |