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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres (in German). Berlin: Mittler & Sohn Verlag. 1924. p. 119.
  2. ^ a b c d e German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), Generalskartei von Waldemar Erfurth, BArch PERS 6/299616
  3. ^ "Ausländische Auszeichnungen" (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. ^ Tetri 2003, p. 48.
  • Tetri, Juha E. (2003). Kunniamerkkikirja (in Finnish) (3rd ed.). Saarijärvi: Ajatus Kirjat. ISBN 951-9440-23-2.


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