The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General of Infantry Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch

von Tippelskirch, Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm

General of Infantry

* 9th of October 1891

† 10th of May 1975

Promotions

1933-02-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-03-01 Colonel
1938-04-01 Major-General
1940-06-01 Lieutenant-General
1942-08-27 General of Infantry (Seniority from 1942-02-01)

Service

1929-10-01 1933-10-01 Attached to the Reichwehr Ministry
1933-10-01 1934-10-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment
1934-10-01 1935-10-15 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, Infantry Regiment Rostock
1935-10-15 1936-10-06 Commanding Officer 27th Infantry Regiment
1936-10-06 1938-11-10 Chief of 3rd Section, Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH
1938-11-10 1941-01-05 Senior Quartermaster IV, Army General Staff, Army High Command OKH
1941-01-05 1942-06-04 General Officer Commanding 30th Infantry Division
1942-06-04 1942-09-11 Unemployed
1942-09-11 1943-02-05 German General with 8th Italian Army [Eastern Front]
1943-02-05 1944-06-04 Unemployed
1943-02-16 1944-07-20 General Officer Commanding XII
1944-06-04 1944-07-15 Temporary General Officer Commanding 4th Army [Eastern Front]
1944-07-20 1944-10-29 Unemployed
1944-10-29 1944-11-22 Temporary General Officer Commanding 1st Army [France]
1944-11-22 1944-11-28 Unemployed
1944-11-28 1944-12-06 At disposal of Commander in Chief West
1944-12-06 1945-02-22 Temporary General Officer Commanding 14th Army [Italy]
1945-02-22 1945-04-25 Unemployed
1945-04-25 1945-05-08 Acting General Officer Commanding 21st Army
1945-04-30 1945-05-08 Acting Commander in Chief Army Group Weichsel
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/301102