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Walter Warlimont
Warlimont in 1939
Deputy Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command
In office 1 September 1939 – 6 September 1944
Leader
Alfred Jodl
Preceded by
Office established
Succeeded by
Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels
Personal details
Born
(1894-10-03)3 October 1894 Osnabrück, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
9 October 1976(1976-10-09) (aged 82) Kreuth, Bavaria, West Germany
Spouse
Anita von Kleydorff
(m. 1927)
Parent(s)
Louis Warlimont (father) Anna Rinck (mother)
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch/service
Imperial German Army Reichsheer German Army
Years of service
1914–1945
Rank
General of the Artillery
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Walter Warlimont (3 October 1894 – 9 October 1976) was a German staff officer during World War II. He served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff, one of departments in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the Armed Forces High Command. Following the war, Warlimont was convicted in the High Command Trial and sentenced to life imprisonment as a war criminal. He was released in 1954.
WalterWarlimont (3 October 1894 – 9 October 1976) was a German staff officer during World War II. He served as deputy chief of the Operations Staff, one...
Sakai, Albert Speer, James Stewart, Charles Sweeney, Paul Tibbets, WalterWarlimont, Takeo Yoshikawa and historian Stephen Ambrose. In the programme The...
operational orders were communicated to the OKW. Chief: Major General WalterWarlimont, 1 September 1939 – 6 September 1944; Major General Horst Freiherr...
Glücksfall der Geschichte". Der Spiegel. No. 14. Görlitz, Walter (1989). "Keitel, Jodl and Warlimont". In Barnett, Correlli (ed.). Hitler's Generals. London:...
Steengracht von Moyland Otto Ohlendorf Martin Sandberger Otto Steinbrinck WalterWarlimont Martin Gottfried Weiss Fritz Dietrich Friedrich Entress Eduard Krebsbach...
Section L of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) (under Deputy Chief WalterWarlimont); these provided the basis for the "Guidelines in Special Areas to...
von Puttkamer Franz von Sonnleithner Hans-Erich Voss Heinz Waizenegger Walter Warlimont Killed Heinz Berger Heinz Brandt Günther Korten Rudolf Schmundt...
Paulus Wolfram von Richthofen Gerd von Rundstedt Wilhelm Schöning WalterWarlimont Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist Helmuth von Pannwitz Erwin Jaenecke List...
von Below; 18 Hermann Fegelein; 19 Heinz Buchholz; 20 Herbert Büchs; 21 Franz von Sonnleithner; 22 WalterWarlimont; 23 Alfred Jodl; 24 Wilhelm Keitel....
combat. The operation leader, Alexander von Scheele, was replaced by WalterWarlimont, and was moved into Franco's headquarters to coordinate military and...
The High Command Trial WalterWarlimont in the defendants' dock of the High Command Case at Nuremberg Court Nuremberg Full case name The United States...
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Colonel Bernhard von Lossberg and developed under Alfred Jodl and WalterWarlimont in the OKW on September 15, 1940. Its northward direction of attack...
Valkyrie: The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler (2008 documentary film) Walter Gramsch Black Orchestra Kahn, Arthur D. (2003). "2 We do Not Call Upon the...
however, German interest in seizing Iceland. In a postwar interview, WalterWarlimont claimed that "Hitler definitely was interested in occupying Iceland...
commuted to 12 years Otto Schniewind – Acquitted Hugo Sperrle – Acquitted WalterWarlimont – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1954) Otto Wöhler...
Commander-in-Chief of Army Group G and Army Group H General der Artillerie WalterWarlimont, Deputy Chief of Operations of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht General...
arteritis, tinnitus, and monorchism. In a report prepared for the OSS in 1943, Walter Charles Langer of Harvard University described Hitler as a "neurotic psychopath"...
von Puttkamer Franz von Sonnleithner Hans-Erich Voss Heinz Waizenegger Walter Warlimont Killed Heinz Berger Heinz Brandt Günther Korten Rudolf Schmundt...
combat. The operation commander, Alexander von Scheele, was replaced by WalterWarlimont. In September, 86 tons of bombs, 40 Panzer I tanks and 122 personnel...
on operation planning, and his immediate second in charge, General WalterWarlimont, later recalled that it "was another entirely independent decision...
interest in seizing Iceland. In a postwar interview with an American, WalterWarlimont claimed, "Hitler definitely was interested in occupying Iceland prior...
Klarsfeld Hartley Shawcross Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff Johanna Hofer WalterWarlimont Ben Ferencz Edgar Faure Robert Jay Lifton Betty Jean Lifton Margarete...
Polish Corridor was rejected by Ribbentrop. On 27 March 1939, General WalterWarlimont of the OKW started working on Fall Weiss (Case White), the plan for...
von Puttkamer Franz von Sonnleithner Hans-Erich Voss Heinz Waizenegger Walter Warlimont Killed Heinz Berger Heinz Brandt Günther Korten Rudolf Schmundt...
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