Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
Appearance
Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt | |
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File:Brockdorffahlefeldt.jpg Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt | |
Born | Perleberg, Kingdom of Prussia | 13 July 1887
Died | 9 May 1943 Berlin, Germany | (aged 55)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Heer |
Years of service | 1907 – 1943 |
Rank | General der Infanterie |
Commands | 23. Infanterie-Division XXVIII. Armeekorps II. Armeekorps |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Knight's 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.
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 is a descendant of Danish-Holsteiner nobility, he is the son of Graf Ernst von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
- Wound Badge (1918) in Black
- Cross of Honor
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
- Eastern Front Medal
- Demyansk Shield
- 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[2]
- 103rd Oak Leaves on 27 June 1942 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the II. Armeekorps[3]
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.
References
- Citations
- ^ "Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt". roskildehistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 145.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 60.
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.
- Helden der Wehrmacht - Unsterbliche deutsche Soldaten (in German). München, Germany: FZ-Verlag GmbH, 2004. ISBN 3-924309-53-1.
External links
- "Lexikon der Wehrmacht". Erich Abraham. Retrieved 13 April 2008.