History and chronology of Walter Kurt Josef Nehring in Germany

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Walter Kurt Josef Nehring History of Germany


1934	Lieutenant Colonel
1st Sep Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the General Staff, advocate of tank blitzkriegs
1936	Alliance
Ordered to take control of the flow of guns, tanks & volunteers to Franco's army
1937	Colonel
Appointed Colonel
1937	Commander
Appointed Commander of the 5th Panzer Regiment
1939	Chief of Staff
1st July Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the XIX Motorised Corps
1940	Capture of Langres
15th June Langres Captures the Plateau of Langres
17th June Langres Reaches the Swiss frontier, the campaign in the west reaches its final stage
1940	Capture of Ribemount
16th May Ribemount The XIX Corps captures Ribemount in Northern France on its way to the Channel Coast
1940	Chief of Staff
9th May Appointed Chief-of-Staff of XIX Corps
9th May Appointed Commander of XIX Corps
20th May Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Panzer Group comprising XIX, XXXIX & XLI Corps
1940	Commander
25th Oct Appointed Commander of the 18th Panzer Division
1940	Major
18th June Appointed Major-General
1940	XIX Corps
9th May Composed of 1st, 2nd & 10th Panzer divisions & an elite regiment "Grossdeutschland"
1941	Capture of Skoping
23rd Nov Skoping Nehring personally leads the 18th Division in its capture of Skoping
1941	Siege of Kiev
Kiev Nehring personally leads the 18th Division during the siege of Kiev
1942	Barbarossa
River Dneiper Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River
1942	Battle of Alam Halfa
30th Aug Alam Halfa Wounded in battle & returned to Germany for treatment
1942	Commander
Nov Appointed Commander of XXIV Panzer Corps
1942	Invasion of Russia
River Dneiper Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River
1942	Lieutenant General
1st Feb Appointed Lieutenant-General in the Afrika Korps
1942	Siege of Tunis
11th Nov Tunis Commands the creation of a bridgehead at Tunis & defends it from advancing Allies
9th Dec Tunis Joins up with Rommel to defend Tunis with his newly created XC Corps
1943	Barbarossa
Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River
1943	Citadel
5th July River Mius An offensive is launched to break through Kursk
1943	Invasion of Russia
Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River
1944	Commander
Mar Galicia Appointed Commander of the 4th Panzer Army
Aug Resumes command of the XXIV Panzer Corps
1944	Medal
8th Feb River Dneiper Awarded the Oak Leaf to the Knight's Cross for sealing battle lines around the Dneiper
1944	Offensive
Mar Galicia Commands the 4th Panzers after the Red Army had surrounded the 1st Panzer Army
1945	Arrest
Imprisoned for 2 years
1945	Battle of Oder River
12th Jan River Oder The Soviets launch an attack on the Baranov Bridgehead & cross the River Oder
1945	Commander
21st Mar Appointed Commander of the 1st Panzer Army
1945	Invasion of Germany
21st Mar Nehring's priority is to surrender to the west rather than the Russians
1945	Siege of Gloggau
25th Jan Gloggau Moves his HQ to Gloggau on the Oder to defend it from the Soviet advance
1945	Surrender
Tabor Surrenders to the Americans in Tabor