Colonel-General
* 13th of March 1883
† 12th of September 1941
1929-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1932-04-01 | Colonel |
1934-10-01 | Major-General |
1937-01-01 | Lieutenant-General |
1938-02-01 | General of Infantry |
1940-07-19 | Colonel-General |
1929-02-01 | – | 1930-10-01 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment |
1930-10-01 | – | 1933-04-01 | Instructor at the Infantry School, Döberitz |
1933-04-01 | – | 1933-11-30 | Chief of Staff, Inspectorate of Infantry |
1933-12-01 | – | 1934-08-01 | Inspector of Infantry |
1934-08-01 | – | 1934-08-31 | Infantry Leader VII |
1934-09-01 | – | 1936-03-06 | General Officer Commanding 17th Division |
1936-03-07 | – | 1938-02-03 | General Officer Commanding 33rd Infantry Division |
1938-02-04 | – | 1940-10-24 | General Officer Commanding VII Corps [Poland - France] |
1940-10-25 | – | 1941-09-12 | General Officer Commanding 11th Army [Romania - Eastern Front] |
1941-09-12 | Killed in Action (his air plane landed in a Soviet minefield) |