Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt

Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
Born	(1887-07-13)13 July 1887 Perleberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	9 May 1943(1943-05-09) (aged 55) Berlin, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1907 – 1943
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	23. Infanterie-Division XXVIII. Armeekorps II. Armeekorps
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of Verdun World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Demyansk Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (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 was a descendant of Danish-Holsteiner nobility, he was the son of Graf Ernst von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt.

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
  • 103rd Oak Leaves on 27 June 1942 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the II. Armeekorps

References

Citations

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.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2299-6.

External links

• "Lexikon der Wehrmacht". Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt. Retrieved 13 April 2008. 

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Ernst Busch	Commander of 23. Infanterie-Division February 1938 – 1 June 1940	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Heinz Hellmich
Preceded by none	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	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	Commander of II. Armeekorps 1 July 1942 – 19 January 1943	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Paul Laux