Erwin Vierow
Erwin Vierow | |
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 General Erwin Vierow in 1941 | |
| Born | 15 May 1890 |
| Died | 1 February 1982 (aged 91) |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Heer |
| Years of service | 1908-1944 |
| Rank | General der Infanterie |
| Commands | 9th Infantry Division 55th Army Corps Military Commandant of Kharkov Commander of the army in northwest France General Command Somme |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
General Erwin Vierow (15 May 1890 - 1 February 1982) was an infantry General in the German army who was the commander of German forces in northwest France during World War II.
He joined the Imperial German Army in 1908. During World War I he was an officer in the infantry serving as an adjutant. In 1915 he was promoted to leutnant, he was wounded May 1916 and in 1917 he was promoted to Hauptmann.
Between the wars he served on the General Staff of the Reichswehr and in the infantry and by the outbreak of World War II he had reached the rank of Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht. In August 1940 was appointed as commander of the 9th Infantry Division. In January 1941 was promoted to General of the Infantry. Serving on the Eastern Front as commander of 55th Army Corps he became the military commandant of the city of Kharkov upon its capture on 24 October 1941. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on November 15, 1941.
On 1 July 1943 he was appointed commander of the army in northwest France, covering the regions of Laon, Orléans and Rouen and held this command until September 1944 when he was appointed chief of the ad hoc ‘General Command Somme’. He held this post until he was captured by the British. He was then held in the Camp Clinton Prisoner-of-war camp in Mississippi, United States. He died aged 91.
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 November 1941 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the LV. Armeekorps[1]
References
- Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 431.
- 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.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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