1938
- 1939
Quartermaster-General II
1939
- 1940
Quartermaster-General I
1940
General Officer Commanding II Corps, France
1940
- 1941
Head Armistice Commission to France
1941
General Officer Commanding 17th Army, Eastern Front
1942
- 1944
Military Commander France
1944
Condemned to death and executed as conspirator in the 20th of July 1944 assassination attempt upon Hitler