• German Commanders

Date of birth:

January 24th, 1891 (Genthin/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

April 21st, 1945 (woods near Ratingen/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Vossenack

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
February 27th, 1909: Fahnenjunker;
November 19th, 1909: Fähnrich;
August 22n, 1910: Leutnant;
February 25th, 1915: Oberleutnant;
December 18th, 1917: Hauptmann;
October 1st, 1929: Major;
November 1st, 1932: Oberstleutnant;
October 1st, 1934: Oberst;
March 1st, 1938: Generalmajor;
April 1st, 1940: Generalleutnant;
October 1st, 1941: General der Panzertruppe;
February 28th, 1942: Generaloberst (RDA: 1 februari 1942);
March 1st, 1944: Generalfeldmarschall.

Career:
1909: Infanterie-Regiment „von Alvensleben" (6. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 52;
1909: Kriegsschule Neiße;
1910: Kompaniechef, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment „von Alvensleben" (6. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 52;
April 1916: Kurzlehrgang für angehende Generalstabsoffiziere, Sedan;
?: Adjutant, 10. Infanterie-Brigade;
?: Kompaniechef, Leib-Grenadier-Regiment „König Friedrich Wilhelm III." (1. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 8;
June 7th, 1917: Ordonnanzoffizier, Obersten Heeresleitung (OHL);
March 10th, 1918: 2. Generalstabsoffizier (Ib), Garde-Ersatz-Division;
August 30th, 1918: Ib, 36. Reserve-Division;
January 19th, 1919: Generalstabsoffizier, XVII. Armee-Korps, Grenzschutz Ost;
June 28th, 1919: Reichswehrbrigade 7;
?: Kompaniechef, II. Bataillon, Infanterieregiment 14;
March 1920: Kommandeur, Sicherungstruppen Abschnitt II;
?: Führer, MG-Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 14;
1921: Generalstabsoffizier, Münster;
October 1925: 8. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment;
September 30th, 1928: Generalstabsoffizier, 3. Division;
1930: Ausbildungsabteilung, Truppenamt;
November 1933: Bataillonskommandeur, Infanterieregiment Nr. 2;
November 1st, 1934: Kommandeur, 2. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment;
October 15th, 1935: Chef, technischen Abteilung, Generalstab des Heeres;
November 10th, 1938: Chef des Generalstabes, IV. Armeekorps;
October 13th, 1939: Chef des Generalstabes, 16. Armee;
November 13th, 1940: Kommandeur, 3. Panzer-Division;
October 26th, 1941: Kommandierender General, XXXXI. Panzerkorps;
January 16th, 1942: Oberbefehlshaber, 9. Armee;
November 5th, 1943: Führerreserve;
January 1944: Oberbefehlshaber, Heeresgruppe Nord;
March 30th, 1944: Oberbefehlshaber, Heeresgruppe Nordukraine;
August 16th, 1944: Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West)/Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B;
September 5th, 1944: Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B.

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - KURSIETIS, A.J., The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945, Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg, 1999.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - BBC Documentaire Battlefield
  

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