Years of service 1908–44 Service/branch German Army | Name Erwin Vierow | |
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Born 15 May 1890Berlin ( 1890-05-15 ) Commands held 9th Infantry Division55th Army CorpsMilitary Commandant of KharkovCommander of the army in northwest FranceGeneral Command Somme Battles/wars World War IWorld War II Died February 1, 1982, Tecklenburg Similar People Anton Dostler, Gerd von Rundstedt, Semyon Timoshenko | ||
General Erwin Vierow (15 May 1890 – 1 February 1982) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Between the wars he served on the General Staff of the Reichswehr and in the infantry and by the outbreak of World War II he had reached the rank of Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht. In August 1940 was appointed as commander of the 9th Infantry Division. Serving on the Eastern Front as commander of 55th Army Corps he became the military commandant of the city of Kharkov upon its capture on 24 October 1941. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on November 15, 1941.
On 1 July 1943 he was appointed commander of the army in northwest France, covering the regions of Laon, Orléans and Rouen and held this command until September 1944 when he was appointed chief of the ad hoc ‘General Command Somme’. He held this post until he surrendered to the British forces.