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Portrait of General of Infantry Otto Edwin von Stülpnagel

von Stülpnagel, Otto Edwin

General of Infantry

* 16th of June 1878

† 6th of February 1948

Promotions

1921-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-08-01 Colonel
1929-02-01 Major-General
1931-02-01 Lieutenant-General
1935-10-01 Honorary General of Flyers
1936-10-01 General of Flyers
1940-12-01 General of Infantry

Service

1925-03-16 1925-12-31 Attached to 14th Infantry Regiment
1926-01-01 1927-01-07 Army Representative to the Disarmament Conference in Geneva
1927-01-08 1927-03-31 Attached to 7th Infantry Regiment
1927-04-01 1928-12-31 Commanding Officer 7th Infantry Regiment
1929-01-01 1929-05-31 Attached to Group Command 1
1929-06-01 1931-03-31 Inspector of Traffic Troops
1931-03-31 Retired
1934-07-01 Joins the Air Force
1934-07-01 1935-05-31 Chief of the Preparation Staff for the Air Scientific Institute
1935-06-01 1935-07-31 Chief of the Air Scientific Institute
1935-08-01 1935-10-31 Chief of the Preparation Staff for the Air War Academy, Berlin-Gatow
1935-11-01 1939-03-31 Commandant of the Air War Academy
1938-02-01 1939-03-31 Commandant of the Air Technical Academy
1939-03-31 Retired
1939-06-01 Recalled
1939-06-01 1939-08-25 Unemployed
1939-08-26 1940-10-24 General Officer Commanding Military District XVII
1940-10-25 1942-02-14 Military Commander France
1942-02-15 1942-08-31 Unemployed
1942-08-31 Retired
1945-08-XX 1946-12-24 Prisoner of War, British Captivity
1946-12-24 1948-02-06 Prisoner of War, French Captivity
1948-02-06 Committed Suicide
Picture source: https://www.vonstuelpnagel.de/die-familie/die-persoenlichkeiten/otto-edwin-v-stuelpnagel-168/