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Portrait of General of Panzer Troops Gerhard Helmuth Detloff Graf von Schwerin

von Schwerin, Gerhard Helmuth Detloff Graf

General of Panzer Troops

* 23rd of June 1899

† 29th of October 1980

Promotions

1939-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-08-01 Colonel
1942-10-01 Major-General
1943-06-01 Lieutenant-General
1945-04-01 General of Panzer Troops

Service

1938-11-10 1939-09-09 Attached to the Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH
1939-09-09 1940-12-15 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Infantry Regiment Großdeutschland
1940-12-15 1941-01-17 Commanding Officer 254th Infantry Regiment
1941-01-17 1941-07-28 Commanding Officer Infantry Regiment for Special Employment 200
1941-07-28 1942-05-29 Commanding Officer 76th Infantry Regiment
1942-05-29 1942-07-23 Unemployed
1942-07-23 1942-09-28 Acting General Officer Commanding 8th Light Division
1942-09-28 1942-11-05 Unemployed
1942-11-05 1942-11-13 Attached to 16th Motorised Infantry Division
1942-11-13 1944-05-01 General Officer Commanding 16th Motorised Infantry Division
1944-05-01 1944-09-20 General Officer Commanding 16th Panzer Division
1944-09-20 1944-12-10 Unemployed
1944-12-10 1944-12-27 General Officer Commanding 90th Panzer Grenadier Division
1944-12-27 1945-02-03 Temporary General Officer Commanding LXXVI Panzer Corps
1945-02-03 1945-04-01 Acting General Officer Commanding LXXVI Panzer Corps
1945-04-01 1945-05-08 General Officer Commanding LXXVI Panzer Corps
Picture source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_von_Schwerin