Years of service 1907–43 | Service/branch German Army | |
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Battles/wars World War IBattle of VerdunWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaDemyansk Pocket Name Walter Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held |
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.
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