Erich Walther

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Years of service 1924–45 Rank Generalmajor		Name Erich Walther Service/branch Luftwaffe

Born 5 August 1903Gorden by Falkenberg, Province of Saxony ( 1903-08-05 ) Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Commands held I./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1Fallschirmjager-Regiment 4Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Division 2 "Hermann Goring" Battles/wars World War IIBattle of the NetherlandsNorwegian CampaignBattle of CreteEastern FrontBattle of SicilyBattle 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"

References

Erich Walther Wikipedia

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