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Twelfth Army

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

3Records
1940–1941Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1940

Adolf HitlerOctober 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The plan plan to invade Switzerland continued to undergo revision until October, when Twelfth Army submitted its fourth draft, now called "Operation Tannenbaum"

Siegmund Wilhelm von List1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Commander of the Twelfth Army during the invasion of France

1941

Siegmund Wilhelm von List1941

Athens · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands the Twelfth Army which captures Athens

Names involved

Adolf HitlerSiegmund Wilhelm von List

Provenance

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