Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt

Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
	File:Brockdorffahlefeldt.jpg Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt
Born	13 July 1887; Perleberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	9 May 1943 (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 Operation Barbarossa; Demyansk Pocket;
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]

^ 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.

^ "Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt". roskildehistorie.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2010-03-29.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 145.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 60.

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.

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

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