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Germany · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

12Records
1770–1941Date range
10Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1770

Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher Wahlstatt1770

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major, rejoins the Army

1842

Albrecht von Roon1842

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major and attached to the staff of the VII Corps, in which post he was again impressed with the inefficiency of the organisation of the army, and occupied himself with schemes for its reform

1916

Werner von Blomberg1916

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major

Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener1916

Warfare / Military

Takes over control of the war economy from Ludendorf when the Kriegsamt is established

1918

Fedor von Bock1918

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major

1922

Albrecht Kesselring1922

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major, serves in the office of the Chief of the Army

1933

Albrecht Kesselring1 October 1933

Warfare / Military

Transferred into the air force, at that time a defensive force

Erwin Johannes Eugen RommelOctober 1933

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major

Erich Marcks1933

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major

1935

Albrecht Kesselring1 March 1935

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major General for to create the infrastructure of the Luftwaffe

Otto Moritz Walter Model1935

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major General, heads section 8 in the Army General Staff

1941

Willi Langkeit1941

Warfare / Military

Appointed Major, youngest Major in the Panzers

Names involved

Albrecht KesselringAlbrecht von RoonErich MarcksErwin Johannes Eugen RommelFedor von BockGebhard Leberecht von Blucher WahlstattKarl Eduard Wilhelm GroenerOtto Moritz Walter ModelWerner von BlombergWilli Langkeit

Provenance

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