Waldemar Erfurth

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Waldemar Erfurth
File:WoldemarErfurth.jpeg
Erfurth with C. G. E. Mannerheim.
Born4 August 1879
Berlin, German Empire
Died2 May 1971(1971-05-02) (aged 91)
Tübingen, West Germany
AllegianceFile:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Weimar Republic
File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany
Service / branchHeer (Wehrmacht)
RankGeneral der Infanterie
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
Continuation War
AwardsIron Cross of 1914, 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty, First Class with Breast Star and Swords
Other workWriter

Waldemar Erfurth (4 August 1879 – 2 May 1971) was a German general of infantry, a writer and liaison officer to Finland during World War II Erfurth was born in Berlin. He served in World War I, winning the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern. After the war, he continued in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic. During the Second World War, he was a liaison officer in the Finnish headquarters 1941–44. He wrote a book about the Murmansk railroad and a war journal from 1944. He died in Tübingen.

Awards and decorations

Bibliography

  • Der finnische Krieg (1950)
  • Die Geschichte des deutschen Generalstabs von 1918 bis 1945 (1957)

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres (in German). Berlin: Mittler & Sohn Verlag. 1924. p. 119.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "Ausländische Auszeichnungen" (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Generalskartei von Waldemar Erfurth, BArch PERS 6/299616