Walter Warlimont
Walter Warlimont | |
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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 | 3 October 1894 Osnabrück, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 9 October 1976 (aged 82) Kreuth, Bavaria, West Germany |
| Spouse |
Anita von Kleydorff (m. 1927) |
| Parent(s) | Louis Warlimont (father) Anna Rinck (mother) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch/service | |
| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Rank | General der Artillerie |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Walter Warlimont (WAH-li-moh; 3 October 1894 – 9 October 1976) was a German Army staff officer and general 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.