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Erich Walther

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Years of service
  
1924–45

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Name
  
Erich Walther

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Erich Walther

Born
  
5 August 1903 Gorden by Falkenberg, Province of Saxony (
1903-08-05
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
I./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1 Fallschirmjager-Regiment 4 Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Division 2 "Hermann Goring"

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of the Netherlands Norwegian Campaign Battle of Crete Eastern Front Battle of Sicily Battle of Monte Cassino

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Died
  
December 26, 1947, Weimar, Germany

Battles and wars
  
Battle of the Netherlands, Norwegian Campaign

Erich Walther (5 August 1903 – 26 December 1947) was a German paratroop general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Walther commanded the Hermann Göring 2nd Parachute Panzer-Grenadier Division in East Prussia. Promoted to Generalmajor on 30 January 1945 he surrendered the Red Army on 8 May 1945. He died at Soviet Special Camp 2 on 26 December 1947.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 April 1940) & 1st Class (26 April 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 31 March 1942 as Major in the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 24 May 1940 as Major and commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1
  • 411th Oak Leaves on 2 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4
  • 131st Swords on 1 February 1945 as Oberst and leader of Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Division 2 "Hermann Göring"

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