__NOTOC__ General Erwin Vierow (15 May 1890 – 1 February 1982) was a general in the

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during

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. Between the wars he served on the General Staff of the

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and in the infantry and by the outbreak of World War II he had reached the rank of

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in the

. In August 1940 was appointed as commander of the 9th Infantry Division. Serving on the Eastern Front as commander of 55th Army Corps he became the military commandant of the city of

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upon its capture on 24 October 1941. He was awarded the

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on November 15, 1941. On 1 July 1943, he was appointed commander of the army in northwest France, covering the regions of

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and held this command until September 1944 when he was appointed chief of the ad hoc ‘General Command Somme’. He held this post until he surrendered to the British forces.

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on 15 November 1941 as '' General der Infanterie'' and commanding general of the LV. ArmeekorpsFellgiebel 2000, p. 431.

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