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Recognized as a fine staff officer and planner, in August 1936 Halder was promoted to Generalleutnant ( rank of a division commander, hence equivalent to a US Army Major General ).

He then became the director of the Manoeuvres Staff.

Shortly thereafter, he became director of the Training Branch ( Oberquartiermeister of Training, O. Qu. II ), on the General Staff of the Army, in Berlin between October 1937 and February 1938.

During this period he directed important training maneuvers, the largest held since the reintroduction of conscription in 1935.