Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
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Born | Perleberg, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
13 July 1887
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany |
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Heer |
Years of service | 1907–43 |
Rank | General der Infanterie |
Commands held | 23. Infanterie-Division XXVIII. Armeekorps II. Armeekorps |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt[Note 1] (13 July 1887, Perleberg, Province of Brandenburg – 9 May 1943) was a German general of the Infantry, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt became ill in November 1942 and had to return to Germany. He died in the Reservelazarett 123 in Berlin-Zehlendorf.
Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt himself was a descendant of Danish-Holsteiner nobility, he was the son of Graf Ernst von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
- Wound Badge (1918) in Black
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st class
- Sudetenland Medal
- Eastern Front Medal
- Demyansk Shield
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (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[3]
- 103rd Oak Leaves on 27 June 1942 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the II. Armeekorps[4]
Notes
- ↑ Regarding personal names: Graf was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Count. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Gräfin.
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Military offices | ||
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Preceded by
Generalleutnant Ernst Busch
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Commander of 23. Infanterie-Division February 1938 – 1 June 1940 |
Succeeded by Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich |
Preceded by
none
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Commander of XXVIII. Armeekorps 1 June 1940 – 20 June 1940 |
Succeeded by General der Artillerie Peter Weyer |
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Karl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
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Commander of II. Armeekorps 21 June 1940 – June 1942 |
Succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff |
Preceded by
General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff
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Commander of II. Armeekorps 1 July 1942 – 19 January 1943 |
Succeeded by General der Infanterie Paul Laux |
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