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

9Records
1940–1945Date range
8Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1940

Friedrich Fromm13 July 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Generaloberst

Albrecht KesselringJuly 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed General Field Marshal

1941

Otto Moritz Walter Model1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Panzer General

1942

Gotthard Heinrici1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed General

Walter Scherf1942

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Entrusted by Hitler to write the history of the 2nd World War

1943

Georg von Sodenstern12 August 1943

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed General of the Infantry

1944

Otto Moritz Walter Model1 March 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed General Feldmarschall, the youngest in German military history

Rudolf Schmundt1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed General of the Infantry

1945

Ferdinand Schoerner1945

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed General Field Marshal during the last days of the Fuehrenbunker

Names involved

Albrecht KesselringFerdinand SchoernerFriedrich FrommGeorg von SodensternGotthard HeinriciOtto Moritz Walter ModelRudolf SchmundtWalter Scherf

Provenance

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