Werner von Erdmannsdorff

Werner von Erdmannsdorff
Born	(1891-07-26)26 July 1891 Bautzen
Died	5 June 1945(1945-06-05) (aged 53) Ljubliana, Yugoslavia
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1910–1945
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	18. Infanterie-Division 18. Panzergrenadier-Division LXXXXI. Armeekorps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Siege of Leningrad Belgrade Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Spouse(s)	Helene née von Tschirsky und Bögendorff (1895–1982) (m. 1919–1945; his death)^[1]
Relations	Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff (brother)

Heinrich Werner Bernhard von Erdmannsdorff (27 July 1891 – 5 June 1945) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Werner von Erdmannsdorff was captured by British troops in May 1945. He was then extradited to Yugoslavia and was shot on 5 June 1945 in Ljubljana alongside General der Panzetruppe Gustav Fehn, Generalleutnant Friedrich Stephan and Generalmajor Heinz Kattner. He was the older brother of Generalmajor Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff.^[1]

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (10 September 1914)
- 1st Class (30 March 1918)
Wound Badge (1914)
- in Black
- in Silver (21 July 1918)
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry (6 September 1917)
Cross of Honor (23 February 1935)
Wehrmacht Long Service Award (2 October 1936)
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (22 September 1939)
- 1st Class (2 October 1939)
Eastern Front Medal (27 July 1942)
German Cross in Gold (16 November 1941)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 March 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 30 (mot.) ^[2]

References

Citations

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

External links

World War 2 Awards.com
Lexikon der Wehrmacht

Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Friedrich Herrlein	Commander of 18. Infanterie-Division (mot.) 15 December 1941 – 23 June 1943	Succeeded by Renamed 18. Panzergrenadier-Division
Preceded by Previously 18. Infanterie-Division (mot.)	Commander of 18. Panzergrenadier-Division 23 June 1943 – 9 August 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Karl Zutavern
Preceded by Generalleutnant Ulrich Kleemann	Commander of LXXXXI. Armeekorps 9 October 1944 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None

v t e Related recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Brothers	Adolf Borchers Hermann Borchers and Walter Borchers Georg von Boeselager (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Philipp von Boeselager Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin and Hubertus von Bonin Hellmut von der Chevallerie and Kurt von der Chevallerie (Oak Leaves) Gottfried von Erdmannsdorff and Werner von Erdmannsdorff Hermann Fegelein (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Waldemar Fegelein Friedrich Foertsch and Hermann Foertsch Maximilian Fretter-Pico (Oak Leaves) and Otto Fretter-Pico Helmut Friebe and Werner Friebe Adolf Galland (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) and Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland Rudolf Geisler (Oak Leaves) and Siegfried Geisler Helmut Haugk and Werner Haugk Otto Heger and Rudolf Heger Hartmut von Hößlin and Roland von Hößlin Alfred Jodl (Oak Leaves) and Ferdinand Jodl Friedrich Kittel and Heinrich Kittel Günther von Kluge (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Wolfgang von Kluge Eckardt Köppen and Gerhard Köppen (Oak Leaves) Boris Kraas and Hugo Kraas (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger and Walter Krüger (Oak Leaves & Swords) Albrecht Lanz and Hubert Lanz (Oak Leaves) Erhard Milch and Werner Milch Johann Pflugbeil and Kurt Pflugbeil (Oak Leaves) Franz Schlieper and Fritz Schlieper Hans-Jürgen Stumpff and Horst Stumpff Gerd Suhren and Reinhard Suhren (Oak Leaves & Swords)

Brothers-in-law	Kurt von Tippelskirch (Oak Leaves) and Curt Gallenkamp

Cousins	Ernst Lindemann and Georg Lindemann (Oak Leaves) Franz Ruhl and Heinrich Setz (Oak Leaves) Hans Graf von Sponeck and Theodor Graf von Sponeck Siegfried Weber and Werner Winter

Father and son	Rudolf von Bünau (Oak Leaves) and Rudolf von Bünau Heinz Guderian (Oak Leaves) and Heinz-Günther Guderian Franz Kornprobst and Otto Kornprobst Kurt von Tippelskirch (Oak Leaves) and Adolf-Hilmar von Tippelskirch Albrecht Wüstenhagen and Albrecht Wüstenhagen

Father and son-in-law	Karl Dönitz (Oak Leaves) and Günther Hessler Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Erich Dethleffsen Erich von Manstein (Oak Leaves & Swords) and Edel-Heinrich Zachariae-Lingenthal Erhard Milch and Joachim Schlichting Hans-Jürgen Stumpff and Karl-Günther von Hase

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