The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Paul Hielscher

Hielscher, Paul

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of November 1880

† 21st of September 1945

Promotions

1928-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-04-01 Colonel
1933-10-01 Major-General
1942-01-01 Lieutenant-General (at Disposal)

Service

1927-02-01 –1929-03-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 4th Artillery Regiment
1929-03-01 –1929-10-01 Attached to Artillery Leader IV
1929-10-01 –1931-02-01 Attached to Group Command 2
1931-02-01 –1932-10-01 Attached to 4th Artillery Regiment
1932-10-01 –1934-03-01 Artillery Leader IV
1934-03-01 –1934-10-01 At disposal of the Commander in Chief of the Army
1934-10-01 –1934-10-31 Inspector of Military Replacement, Dresden
1934-10-31 Retired
1939-08-26 Recalled
1939-10-08 –1939-10-31 Attached to Replacement Troops, Poland
1939-11-10 –1941-01-23 Commandant of Gnesen
1941-01-23 –1942-01-15 Artillery Commander 18
1942-01-15 –1942-04-27 Artillery Commander 110
1942-04-27 –1943-10-22 Artillery Commander 146
1942-06-23 –1942-07-03 Acting General Officer Commanding 4th Panzer Division
1942-09-28 –1942-11-21 Acting General Officer Commanding 208th Infantry Division
1942-11-25 –1942-12-15 General Officer Commanding Group Hielscher
1943-10-22 –1944-01-31 Unemployed
1944-05-31 Retired