Lieutenant-General Friedrich Wilhelm Magnus Heinrich Walter von Eberhardt (7 January 1862 in

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– 7 January 1944 in

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), generally known as Walter von Eberhardt, was a German military commander during

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and the

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of 1918–19. He was the son of later Prussian

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Heinrich von Eberhardt (1821–1899). His older brothers also made career in the Prussian army.

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(1855–1939) raised till

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, Gaspard von Eberhardt (1858–1928) to

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.''Eberhardt'', in: ''Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der briefadeligen Häuser,'' Jg. 14 (1920), Abschn. Biss-Mann. Notably, he was the first inspector of the flying troops ( Idflieg) from 1913 to 1914. In 1930 ''Unserere

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1914–1918'' was published under the editorship of von Eberhardt.

Literature

Bernhard Sauer: ''Vom Mythos eines ewigen Soldatentums. Der Feldzug deutscher Freikorps im Baltikum im Jahre 1919''. In: ''Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft (ZfG)'', 43. Jahrgang, 1995, Heft 10, S. 869–902
(PDF-Datei; 7,28 MB) * Eberhardt, Walter (Hrsg.): ''Unsere Luftstreitkräfte 1914–18. Ein Denkmal deutschen Heldentums.'' Vaterländischer Verlag C.A. Weller, Berlin, 1930 * Sullivan, Charles L.: ''The 1919 German Campaign in the Baltic: The Final Phase,'' in: Vytas Stanley Vardys & Romuald J. Misiunas (Hg.): ''The Baltic States in Peace and War, 1917–1945.'' Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1978, (engl.)

References

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