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Walter von Brockdorff Ahlefeldt

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Years of service
  
1907–43

Service/branch
  
German Army


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Born
  
13 July 1887Perleberg, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (
1887-07-13
)

Allegiance
  
Battles/wars
  
World War IBattle of VerdunWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaDemyansk Pocket

Name
  
Walter Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt

Died
  
May 9, 1943, Berlin, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of Verdun, World War II

Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (13 July 1887 – 9 May 1943) was a German general (General of the Infantry) during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt became ill in November 1942 and returned to Germany. He died in a hospital in Berlin.

Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt himself was a descendant of Danish-Holsteiner nobility.

Awards

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1939) & 1st Class (20 October 1939)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 July 1941 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the II. Armeekorps
  • 103rd Oak Leaves on 27 June 1942 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the II. Armeekorps
  • References

    Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt Wikipedia


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