Warlimont, Walter
- Date of birth:
- October 3rd, 1894 (Osnabrück/Hanover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 9th, 1976 (Kreuth am Tegernsee/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
June 1914: Leutnant;
1926: Hauptmann;
1933: Major;
1935: Oberstleutnant;
February 1938: Oberst;
August 1st, 1940: Generalmajor;
April 1st, 1943: Generalleutnant;
April 1st, 1944: General der Artillerie.
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Spanienkreuz, Bronze mit Schwertern
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1993
Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 3
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes, OKW
- Awarded on:
- December 23rd, 1942
Vapaudenristin 1.luokka (VR 1)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
- Awarded on:
- March 25th, 1942
Awarded with swords.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Artillerie (Lieutenant-General of Artillerie)
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1944
Presented on September 2nd, 1944.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Artillerie (Lieutenant-General of Artillerie)
- Unit:
- Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes, OKW
- Awarded on:
- February 1st, 1945
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - Warlimont W., Im Hauptquartier der deutschen Wehrmacht
- Friedrich J., Das Gesetz des Krieges, Das deutsche Heer in Rußland 1941-1945, Der Prozeß gegen das Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, Piper, München, 1995
- Axis Biographical Research
- Beckerd, Hubert, Walter Warlimont, Stellvertretender Chef des Wehrmachtsführungsstabes 1938/44
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