Walter Warlimont

Quotes

• “1. Political officials and leaders are to be liquidated. 2. Insofar as they are captured by the troops, an officer with authority to impose disciplinary punishment decides whether the given individual must be liquidated. For such a decision the fact suffices that he is a political official. 3. Political leaders in the troops (Red Army) are not recognized as prisoners of war and are to be liquidated at the latest in the prisoner-of-war transit camps.”
• “This decision is absolutely contrary to my understanding of what the plan was to be in the event of an invasion.”
• “You must attack as soon as possible.”
• “The Fuhrer has decided to raze the city of St. Petersburg from the face of the earth. After the defeat of Soviet Russia there will be not the slightest reason for the future existence of this large city.”
• “Hitler's large-scale demands for the Mediterranean meant that...the plans for...an 'Eastern Wall' were overtaken by the increasingly rapid advance of the Red Army.”

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Key facts

Leader

Alfred Jodl

Preceded by

Office established

Succeeded by

Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels

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 ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1927 ) ​

Parent s

Louis Warlimont (father), Anna Rinck (mother)

Allegiance

German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany

Branch service

Imperial German Army Reichswehr German Army

Years of service

1914–1945

Rank

General der Artillerie

Battles wars

World War I , World War II

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Wikidata facts

Image

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