Walter Warlimont

Walter Warlimont
Warlimont in 1939
Deputy Chief of the Operations Staff
of the Armed Forces High Command
In office
1 September 1939 – 6 September 1944
LeaderAlfred Jodl
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHorst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels
Personal details
Born(1894-10-03)3 October 1894
Osnabrück, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died9 October 1976(1976-10-09) (aged 82)
Kreuth, Bavaria, West Germany
Spouse
Anita von Kleydorff
(m. 1927)
Parent(s)Louis Warlimont (father)
Anna Rinck (mother)
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Branch/service Imperial German Army
 Reichsheer
 German Army
Years of service1914–1945
RankGeneral of the Artillery
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II

Walter Warlimont (3 October 1894 – 9 October 1976) was a German staff officer 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.