Date of birth:

May 5th, 1892 (Stettin/Pommerania, Germany)

Date of death:

October 30th, 1976 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Wolfgang von Kluge was releaved from the Wehrmacht on 31st December 1944.

Promotions:
22.03.1912: Leutnant
18.08.1917: Oberleutnant
01.04.1925: Hauptmann
01.05.1934: Major
01.10.1936: Oberstleutnant
01.06.1939: Oberst
01.10.1942 : Generalmajor
01.04.1943 : Generalleutnant

Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1912)
Leutnant in the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Mar 1912-22 Apr 1914)
Transferred into the 2nd Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Apr 1914-1914)
Battalion-Adjutant & Battery-Chief (1914-1918)
With the General-Staff of I. Reserve-Corps (1918-00 Feb 1919)
With the General-Command of XVII. Army-Corps (00 Feb 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 15th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Jan 1921)
With Instruction-Battalion III of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1924)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (01 Oct 1924-01 May 1928)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1928-01 Sep 1931)
With the Staff of Command-Office Breslau (01 Sep 1931-01 Apr 1934)
With the Training-Staff of Artillery (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Advisor in Department F 3, RKM (01 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Department-Chief in the RKM then OKW (06 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Chief of Staff of Field-Equipment-Inspection (10 Nov 1938-01 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 31st Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1940-15 Sep 1941)
Artillery-Commander 107 (15 Sep 1941-01 Oct 1942)
Commander of the 292nd Infantry-Division (01 Oct 1942-20 Jul 1943)
Wounded, in Hospital (20 Jul 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Nov 1943-01 Dec 1943)
Commander of the 357th Infantry-Division (01 Dec 1943-15 Jun 1944)
Commander of Division 408 (15 Jun 1944-01 Jul 1944)
Commander of the 226th Infantry-Division (The Division was in Formation. Parts were lost with Calais, the remainder went as a Battle-Group to Fortress Dunkirk) (01 Jul 1944-21 Sep 1944)
At the same time, Commandant of Dunkirk (06 Jul 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Retired on Political Grounds (in connection with the background concerning the Suicide of his brother, the Generalfeldmarschall) (31 Dec 1944)

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