Military career

Fahnenjunker : 27 February 1909

Leutnant : 11 August 1910

Oberleutnant : 25 February 1915

Hauptmann : 27 January 1918

German Army

Major : 1 February 1931

Oberstleutnant : 1 June 1934

Oberst :1 August 1936

Generalmajor : 1 June 1940

Generalleutnant : 1 April 1942

General der Panzertruppen : 1 October 1942

Generaloberst : 20 April 1944

Flew out of the Stalingrad pocket on 19

January 1943.

Second World War

Kommandeur Inf. Schule : 1 September 1939

Kommandeur Inf. Regiment 3 : 18 October 1939

Kommandeur 16. Panzer-Division : 4 May 1940

mFb. XIV. Pz. Korps : 15 September 1942

Führerreserve OKH : 23 October 1943

mFb. 1. Panzerarmee : 29 October 1943

O.B. 1. Panzerarmee : 15 February 1944

Awards won during World War 2 :

Spange EK II on 24 May 1940

Spange EK I on 3 June 1940

Knights Cross on 1 August 1941

Oakleaves on 16 January 1942

Swords on 21 December 1942

Diamonds on 20 April 1944

Died in a plane crash on 21 April 1944 near

Obersalzberg - Germany