The Generals of WWII
Generals from Germany
von Saucken, Dietrich
General of Panzer Troops
* 16th of May 1892
† 27th of September 1980
Promotions
| 1936-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-06-01 | Colonel |
| 1942-01-01 | Major-General |
| 1943-04-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1944-08-01 | General of Panzer Troops |
Service
| 1934-05-01 | – | 1937-03-12 | Instructor at the War School, Hannover |
| 1937-03-12 | – | 1940-10-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Mounted Regiment |
| 1940-10-01 | – | 1941-12-09 | Commanding Officer 4th Rifle Brigade |
| 1941-12-09 | – | 1941-12-27 | Unemployed |
| 1941-12-27 | – | 1942-01-03 | Acting General Officer Commanding 4th Panzer Division |
| 1942-01-03 | – | 1942-07-07 | Unemployed |
| 1942-07-07 | – | 1942-08-24 | Attached to Special Troops School, Krampnitz |
| 1942-08-24 | – | 1943-05-15 | Commandant of the Mobile Troops School |
| 1943-05-15 | – | 1943-05-31 | Attached to 4th Panzer Division |
| 1943-05-31 | – | 1944-05-01 | General Officer Commanding 4th Panzer Division |
| 1944-05-01 | – | 1944-06-01 | Unemployed |
| 1944-06-01 | – | 1944-06-29 | Temporary General Officer Commanding III Panzer Corps |
| 1944-06-29 | – | 1944-08-01 | At disposal for Special Employment, Army Group Centre |
| 1944-08-01 | – | 1944-10-16 | General Officer Commanding XXXIX Panzer Corps |
| 1944-10-16 | – | 1944-11-10 | Unemployed |
| 1944-11-10 | – | 1945-02-12 | General Officer Commanding Panzer Corps Großdeutschland |
| 1945-02-12 | – | 1945-03-13 | Unemployed |
| 1945-03-13 | – | 1945-05-08 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Army [Eastern Front] |
| 1945-05-09 | – | 1949-05-10 | Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
| 1949-05-10 | Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal | ||
| 1955-10-09 | Released |