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4 days ago · Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. Born into a Prussian family with a long military tradition, von Rundstedt entered the Prussian Army in 1892. During World War I, he served mainly as a staff ...
1 day ago · On 4 September he recalled Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt, who had been in retirement since Hitler had dismissed him as Wehrmacht Commander-in-Chief West on 2 July, and reinstated him in his former command, replacing Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model, who had taken command just 18 days previously and would henceforth command ...
Gerd von Rundstedt, Commander-in-Chief of Army Group South, with Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler on the Eastern Front, 28 August 1941
Jun 24, 2024 · In a conversation between German Chief of Staff Wilhelm Keitel and General Gerd von Rundstedt on July 1, von Rundstedt said, “Make peace you fools!”, summing up the attitude of Germany’s military leaders in Western Europe.
Jul 1, 2024 · Model was unable to stem the Allied sweep through northern France, however, and, when Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt returned to the Western Front as commander in chief in September, Model took command of Army Group B, based in the Netherlands.
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3 days ago · Over the course of the operation, over 3.8 million personnel of the Axis powers—the largest invasion force in the history of warfare —invaded the western Soviet Union, along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with 600,000 motor vehicles and over 600,000 horses for non-combat operations.
Jun 27, 2024 · The city is strategically situated astride a major crossroads and located on the Orne River. Fortunately for the Allies, and for the Commonwealth Forces in particular, the German response to the invasion wasn’t as quick, decisive and powerful as it could, and should, have been. There were three reasons for this.
