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4 mag 2024 · 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.
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29 apr 2024 · The German high command had been divided on whether to advance on Dunkirk or conserve their forces for the push to Paris. General Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), Commander-in-Chief of Army Group A, called the halt of German armour in the field on 24 May.
3 giorni fa · Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt - Commander in Chief - West The man designated as commander-in-chief of all German forces in Western Europe was Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt. A seasoned veteran officer that had been a senior commander in the last days of the Weimar Republic, von Rundstedt had retired shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939 and had been recalled to service in the ...
1 giorno fa · 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 ...
28 apr 2024 · In January 1944 Gotz von Berlichingen was placed under LXXX Army Corps, a part of Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group D. By early 1944 the division was retitled the 17th SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Gotz von Berlichingen.
15 apr 2024 · The German High Command, led by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, conceived the Ardennes offensive as a daring gamble to split the Allied armies and recapture critical terrain. The offensive’s objective was to reach Antwerp, Belgium, a vital supply port for the Allies.
17 apr 2024 · On the right (south), another army group, under Gen. Gerd von Rundstedt, with an armoured group under Gen. Paul Ludwig von Kleist, advanced from southern Poland into Ukraine against Kiev, whence it was to wheel southeastward to the coasts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
