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Army General Office

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1943–1944Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1943

Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim1943

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Quirnheim succeeds Stauffenberg as Chief of Staff at the Army General Office in Berlin

1944

Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim1944

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

From his Berlin position Quirnheim is placed close to the command machinery needed for Operation Walkure

Names involved

Albrecht Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim

Provenance

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