Erich Dethleffsen

Erich Dethleffsen
Born2 August 1904
Kiel
Died4 July 1980(1980-07-04) (aged 75)
Munich
Buried
Munich Waldfriedhof
Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
BranchArmy
Service years1923–45
RankGeneralmajor
UnitXXXIX Panzer Corps
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
RelationsNikolaus von Falkenhorst (father in law)

Erich Dethleffsen (2 August 1904 – 4 July 1980) was a German general from Kiel. He was married to the daughter of Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, who planned the German invasion of Norway and Denmark during World War II.

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