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Commander of Army Group B

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

4Records
1943–1944Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1943

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel1943

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of Army Group B to defend Northern Italy from Allied landings

1944

Erwin Johannes Eugen RommelJanuary 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of Army Group B to defend France from Allied invasion

Otto Moritz Walter Model17 August 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of Army Group B

Otto Moritz Walter Model5 September 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Reverts to just Commanding Army Group B

Names involved

Erwin Johannes Eugen RommelOtto Moritz Walter Model

Provenance

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