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Walter Scherff

German general (1898-1945)

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Lived 1898–1945, aged 47Germany

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1898–1945
Aged 47
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Updated 2026-06-19

Karl Walter Scherff was a German army officer and military historian with the rank of Generalmajor, who was appointed by Adolf Hitler to the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht in May 1942 to compile the history of the war, as the Führer's Commissioner for the Writing of Military History.

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Вальтер Шерфф
wikipedia · uk.wikipedia.org
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والتر شيرف
wikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
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Walter Scherff
wikipedia · de.wikipedia.org
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