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Retreat

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

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1943Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1943

Erwin Johannes Eugen RommelMarch 1943

Mareth Line · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Rommel returns to Germany. Retreats to the Mareth Line within the Tunisian border. Persues Montgomerys Eighth Army but loses 52 tanks & is driven back

Adolf Hitler15 December 1943

River Dnieper · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Manstein persuades Hitler to order a retreat behind the River Dnieper

Fritz Erich von Manstein15 December 1943

River Dnieper · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Manstein persuades Hitler to order a retreat behind the River Dnieper

Names involved

Adolf HitlerErwin Johannes Eugen RommelFritz Erich von Manstein

Provenance

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