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Erich von Tschischwitz
(17.5.1870 - 26.9.1958)
place of birth:  


Prussian general staff and infantry officer who commanded a battalion in Infantry Regiment Nr. 157 at mobilization. He soon thereafter served on various senior staff positions until War's end. He remained in the military after the War, functioning in high-level postings in the Reichsheer and ultimately retiring as a General of Infantry.







 
Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
22.03.1889 Leutnant
01.09.1896 Oberleutnant
22.03.1902 Hauptmann
10.09.1908 Major
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 4. Schlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 157
19.08.1914 Oberstleutnant
27.10.1914 XXIII. Reservekorps  (von Kleist and von Kathen's Chief of Staff)
18.04.1917 Oberst
21.09.1917 unknown
27.02.1918 2. Armee  (von der Marwitz' Chief of Staff)
01.09.1918 172. Infanterie-Brigade  (Cdr)
   
Assignments and Commands  (post-War)
01.10.1919 Reichsheer  (Inspector of Motorized Troops)
18.04.1917 Generalmajor
01.02.1923 Wehrkreis II/2. Division  (Cdr)
01.02.1923 Generalleutnant
01.02.1927 Gruppe 1  (Cdr)
01.11.1927 General der Infanterie
   
Pour le Merite:  9 November 1917  (Oakleaves:  23.2.1918)
highest rank:  Oberst






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