Adolf Hitler19 July 1940
Hitler creates 12 general Field Marshals
Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Hitler creates 12 general Field Marshals
Appoints Friesner Commander of Army Group North
Appoints Model Commander of the West at the height of the crisis on the Eastern Front
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