The Generals of WWII
Generals from Germany
von Manstein
Erich, Field Marshal
(1887 – 1973)
1935
- 1936
Chief 1st Section General Staff
1936
- 1938
Quartermaster-General I General Staff
1938
- 1939
General Officer Commanding 18th Division
1939
Chief of Staff Army Group South, Poland
1939
- 1940
Chief of Staff Army Group A
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding XXXVIII Corps, France
1941
General Officer Commanding LVI Panzer Corps, Eastern Front
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 11th Army, Eastern Front
1942
- 1943
Commander in Chief Army Group Don, Eastern Front
1943
- 1944
Commander in Chief Army Group South, Eastern Front
1944
- 1945
In reserve
1945
- 1949
Prisoner of War
1949
Condemned to 18 years imprisonment as war criminal
1953
Released