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Commander of Berlin Defence Area

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

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Chronological records

1945

Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling23 April 1945

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Hitler appoints Weidling as the Commander of the Berlin Defence Area. Weidling replaces Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Helmuth Reymann, Colonel (Oberst) Ernst Kaether, and Hitler himself

Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling26 April 1945

Berlin · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Helmuth Weidling is appointed Commander of the Berlin Defence Area

Names involved

Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling

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