Birth of Otto Moritz Walter Model
Birth of Otto Moritz Walter Model
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Otto Moritz Walter Model Biography and Timeline
Follow Otto Moritz Walter Model through 114 dated historical records for Germany.
Otto Moritz Walter Model, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
114Distinct records
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1891–1942Years on this page
1891
1915
Iron Cross
Awarded the Iron Cross, 1st class
Role range: 1914-1918
1917
Captain
Appointed Captain
Role range: 1914-1918
1918
Spring Offensive
Assigned to the staff of the Guard Ersatz Division, which fought in the German Spring Offensive of that year
Role range: 1914-1918
1919
Captain
1 of 4,000 officers who remain in the Reichswehr
1920
Communist Rebellion
Involved in the bloody suppression of the 1920 communist uprising in the Ruhr
1932
Commander of Second Battalion
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel
Reichskuratorium
Introduces the Youth Training Programme, Reichskuratorium
Youth Training Programme (YTP)
Introduces the Youth Training Programme, Reichskuratorium
1934
Colonel
Appointed Colonel
Commander of Infantry Regiment
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment
1935
Major
Appointed Major General, heads section 8 in the Army General Staff
1937
Visit to Spain & evaluates tactics & weapons used
Visits Spain & evaluates tactics & weapons used by both sides during the civil war
1938
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff of IV Corps
Border Settlement
Sent as a spy to check the defensive fortifications along the Sudeten border
1939
Capture of Prague
Enters Prague
Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier General
Chief of Staff
Chief of Staff, IV Corps during the invasion of Poland. Appointed Chief of Staff of the Sixthteenth Army
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Sixteenth Army
Role range: 1939-1945
Invasion of Poland
Chief of Staff of IV Corps during the invasion of Poland
Role range: 1939-1945
1940
Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Role range: 1939-1945
Commander of 3rd Panzer Division
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Panzer Division
Commander of 3rd Panzer Division
Appointed Commander of the 3rd Panzer Division
Role range: 1939-1945
1941
Commander of Panzer Corps 41
Appointed Commander of XXXXI Panzer Corps
Commander of Panzer Corps 41
Appointed Commander of XXXXI Panzer Corps
Role range: 1939-1945
Operation Typhoon
Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
Role range: 1939-1945
Red Army
Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
Role range: 1939-1945
Siege of Moscow
Reaches within 20km of Moscow before the Red Army force Model back
Role range: 1939-1945
Operation Typhoon
Model must fight to keep the bridgeheads on the Volga near Kalinin
Role range: 1939-1945
Operation Typhoon
The assault on Moscow is resumed. Model captures the bridges of the Moscow reservoirs in support of the 4th Army
Role range: 1939-1945
Siege of Moscow
Model must fight to keep the bridgeheads on the Volga near Kalinin
Role range: 1939-1945
General
Appointed Panzer General
Invasion of Russia
Captures the Bug Bridge leading to Brest Litovsk
Role range: 1939-1945
Invasion of Russia
Leads an encirclement of Russian troops between Orel & Briansk
Role range: 1939-1945
Operation Barbarossa
Captures the Bug Bridge leading to Brest Litovsk
Role range: 1939-1945
General
Appointed Panzer General
Role range: 1939-1945
1942
Commander of Ninth Army
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army
Commander of Ninth Army
Appointed Commander of the Ninth Army
Role range: 1939-1945
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.