Joined the Army
13 – 06 1910

20 – 03 1911
new Academy Cadet

18 – 11 – 1911
Second Lieutenant

27 -01 – 1917
Second Lieutenant

01 – 05 – 1924
Captain. -

01 – 01- 1934
Major

01 – 08 – 1936
Lieutenant Colonel

01 – 02 – 1939
Colonel
 

01 05 – 1942
joined  Command Headquarters of Africa Panzer Army

01 – 08 -1942
Brigadier

Commander of 21st panzer Division

Killed  in action at Al Alamein