The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Colonel-General Lothar Rendulic

Rendulic, Lothar

Colonel-General

* 23rd of November 1887

† 18th of January 1971

Promotions

1928-03-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Austrian Army)
1933-06-21 Colonel (Austrian Army)
1939-12-01 Major-General
1941-12-01 Lieutenant-General
1942-12-01 General of Infantry
1944-04-01 Colonel-General

Service

1926-02-01 –1933-06-28 Attached to Brigade Command 4 (Austrian Army)
1933-06-28 –1935-01-01 Military Attaché to Great Britain (Austrian Army)
1933-06-28 –1935-01-01 Military Attaché to France (Austrian Army)
1935-01-01 –1936-02-01 Commanding Officer Light Motorised Brigade(Austrian Army)
1936-02-01 Retired
1938-03-16 Recalled to the German Army
1938-04-01 –1939-10-15 Chief of Staff, XVII Corps
1939-10-15 –1939-10-28 Commanding Officer 7th Infantry Regiment
1939-10-28 –1940-04-04 Unemployed
1940-04-04 –1940-05-08 Attached to 164th Infantry Division
1940-05-08 –1940-06-08 Unemployed
1940-06-08 –1940-06-20 Attached to Senior Quartermaster Belgium
1940-06-20 –1940-10-05 Acting General Officer Commanding 14th Infantry Division
1940-10-05 –1942-11-01 General Officer Commanding 52nd Infantry Division
1942-11-01 –1942-12-01 Acting General Officer Commanding XXXV Corps
1942-12-01 –1943-08-05 General Officer Commanding XXXV Corps
1943-08-05 –1943-08-25 Unemployed
1943-08-25 –1944-06-24 General Officer Commanding 2nd Panzer Army [Yugoslavia]
1944-06-24 –1944-06-28 Unemployed
1944-06-28 –1945-01-18 General Officer Commanding 20th Mountain Army [Finland - Norway]
1945-01-18 –1945-01-26 Commander in Chief Army Group Kurland [Eastern Front]
1945-01-26 –1945-03-11 Commander in Chief Army Group North [Eastern Front]
1945-03-11 –1945-03-24 Commander in Chief Army Group Kurland [Eastern Front]
1945-03-24 –1945-05-07 Commander in Chief Army Group South [Eastern Front]
1945-04-02 –1945-05-07 Commander in Chief Army Group Ostmark
1945-05-07 –1948-02-19 Prisoner of War, US Captivity
1948-02-19 Condemned to 20 years of imprisonment by a US Military Tribunal as war criminal
1951-02-01 Sentence changed to 10 years imprisonment
1951-12-16 Released
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/300430