Erwin Vierow
Erwin Vierow (born May 15, 1890 in Berlin , † February 1, 1982 in Tecklenburg ) was a German officer , most recently general of the infantry and commanding general of several army corps in World War II .
Life
Vierow joined the army on August 21, 1908 as a flagjunker and was promoted to lieutenant on January 27, 1910 .
First World War
During the First World War he served as a battalion and regimental adjutant in Infantry Regiment 64, was promoted to first lieutenant in 1915 and wounded in combat on May 13, 1916. After his transfer to Chief of Railways at the General Staff , he was promoted to captain on April 18, 1917 . He received both classes of the Iron Cross.
Reichswehr
After the war, Vierow was accepted into the Reichswehr and promoted to major on February 1, 1928 . At that time he was working in the Army Training Department T 4 of the Troops Office. This was followed by other posts as a company commander, battalion commander and commander of the 36 and 105 infantry regiments. By 1938 he rose to the rank of major general .
Second World War
After the outbreak of World War II he was used as commander of the 96th and 9th Infantry Divisions . He was promoted to Lieutenant General on August 1, 1940, and to General of the Infantry on January 1, 1941.
On January 6, 1941, he became the first commanding general of the LV officially established on that day . Army Corps , which he commanded until February 13, 1942. The corps was assigned to the 6th Army on April 29, 1941 and participated in the attack on the Soviet Union in June . The corps was involved in the capture of the city of Kharkov , among other things . Vierow was awarded the Knight's Cross on November 15, 1941 .
From February 14, 1943 to March 10, 1943 he was with the leadership of the XX. Army Corps instructed. On July 1, 1943, he was transferred and "Military Commander Northwest France" and from June 1944 Commanding General on the Somme . Vierow kept this position until he was captured by British forces on September 1, 1944 and taken to Camp Clinton in Mississippi (USA).
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge (1918) in black
- Wehrmacht service awards
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- Medal Winter Battle in the East 1941/42
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on November 15, 1941
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Imperial Army. Mittler & Sohn publishing house. Berlin 1930. p. 124.
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 759.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vierow, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1982 |
| Place of death | Tecklenburg |