DATES OF PROMOTION TO GENERALOBERST

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DATES OF PROMOTION TO GENERALOBERST

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Post by Jeremy Dixon » 23 Apr 2005, 22:16

Can anyone tell me the dates of promotion to the rank of Generaloberst for the following army officers

ERHARD RAUS
GEORG-HANS REINHARDT
LOTHAR RENDULIC
RICHARD RUOFF
HANS VON SALMUTH
RUDOLF SCHMIDT
EUGEN RITTER VON SCHOBERT
ADOLF STRAUSS
KARL STRECKER
HEINRICH-GOTTFRIED VON VIETINGHOFF
WALTER WEISS
KURT ZEITZLER

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Post by USAF1986 » 24 Apr 2005, 02:21

ERHARD RAUS: 15 August 1944
GEORG-HANS REINHARDT: 1 January 1942 (3)
LOTHAR RENDULIC: 1 April 1944 (3)
RICHARD RUOFF: 1 April 1942
HANS VON SALMUTH: 1 January 1943 (2)
RUDOLF SCHMIDT: 1 January 1942 (2)
EUGEN RITTER VON SCHOBERT: 19 July 1940 (6)
ADOLF STRAUSS: 19 July 1940 (1)
KARL STRECKER: Promoted from General der Infanterie to Generaloberst by radio message on 2 February 1943 at Stalingrad. See post by Andreas Schulz:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... t=strecker
HEINRICH-GOTTFRIED VON VIETINGHOFF: 1 September 1943 (1)
WALTER WEISS: 1 February 1944 (3)
KURT ZEITZLER: 1 February 1944 (4)

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Shawn
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Post by Dieter Zinke » 24 Apr 2005, 09:16

KARL STRECKER:
01.02.1943 Generaloberst (mit RDA vom 01.01.1943)
Seine Beförderung zum Generaloberst wird noch beantragt, ist aber vor der Kapitulation der 6. Armee am 01.02.1943 nicht mehr amtlich ausgesprochen worden. Sie wird ihm dann jedoch dienstlich in der Kriegsgefangenschaft durch Generalfeldmarschall Paulus eröffnet.
The promotion was proposed still before surrendering. In captivity notified officially by Friedrich Paulus.

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Post by Stauffenberg II » 24 Apr 2005, 09:54

Hi!

Here is an interesting quote. It´s a statement by Ken McCanliss:
The best evidence that Strecker was not a Generaloberst comes from the "Rangliste des Deutschen Heeres 1944/45". This is the 1 May 1944 Rangliste, with updates (in italics) to 1 May 1945. In it, Strecker appears (on page 16) as a General der Infanterie. (Hilpert's promotion to Generaloberst on 1 May 1945 is duly noted in this work, however.)
The ultima ratio of that quote is:
Strecker, Gen. d. Inf. 01.04.1942 (3)
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Post by Jeremy Dixon » 24 Apr 2005, 11:36

Thank you all. Really interesting about Strecker.
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