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Supreme Commander

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

4Records
1935–1944Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1935

Adolf Hitler1935

Berlin · Warfare / Military

When conscription is reintroduced Hitler had himself promoted to the new title Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht (Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces)

1938

Adolf Hitler1938

Warfare / Military

Appointed the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces

1942

Adolf Hitler1942

Warfare / Military

Appointed Supreme Commander of the Army

1944

Otto Moritz Walter Model17 August 1944

Warfare / Military

Appointed Supreme Commander of the West

Names involved

Adolf HitlerOtto Moritz Walter Model

Provenance

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