The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Eugen Sigfried Erich Ritter von Schobert

von Schobert, Eugen Sigfried Erich Ritter

Colonel-General

* 13th of March 1883

† 12th of September 1941

Promotions

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

Service

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)