Commander of 4th Panzer Army
Appointed Commander of the 4th Panzer Army
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Explore 489 historical events and records for Germany in 1942.
Historical records for Germany in 1942
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Commander of Army Group A
Appointed Commander of Army Group A created to advance into the Caucasus
Commander of Army Group A
Appointed Commander of Army Group A created to advance into the Caucasus
Commander of Fourteenth Division
Appointed Commander of the 14th Division Panzer Regiment
Commander of Fourteenth Division
Appointed Commander of the 14th Division Panzer Regiment
Commander of Mountain Corps 19
Appointed Commander of the Mountain Corps XIX in Lapland
Commander of Mountain Corps 19
Appointed Commander of the Mountain Corps XIX in Lapland
Death of Fritz Todt
Death of Fritz Todt, killed in an airplane crash
Departure from Leipzig
Leaves Leipzig to become director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin.
Dismissal
Stalingrad & the Caucasus oil fields are not taken & Halder is dismissed
Dismissal
Witzleben is removed from active command after disputes with the Nazi leadership
Eastern Front
His service on the Eastern Front strengthens his opposition to Nazi military and occupation policies
Execution
Mass gassing of Jews using Zyklon-B begins at Auschwitz
General
Appointed General
General
Appointed General
General
Entrusted by Hitler to write the history of the 2nd World War
General
Entrusted by Hitler to write the history of the 2nd World War
German Resistance
Quirnheim becomes increasingly connected with officers opposed to Hitler and the Nazi regime
Greater German Empire
Treats Poles as "slaves of the Greater German Empire"
Hercules
At the last moment Hitler decides to cancel Operation Hercules
Invasion of Russia
The Kerch Peninsular, Kharkov, Crimea & Sebastopol are captured
Invasion of Russia
Commands the Soviet winter offensive, von Brauchitsch is dismissed
Invasion of Russia
Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River
Major General
Appointed Major General
Major General
Appointed Major General
Massacre
The NAZIs respond to Heydrichs assassination by massacaring the population of Lidice
Minister of Armaments
Appointed Minister of Armaments
Minister of Armaments
Appointed Minister of Armaments
Office of War Information Work
Marcuse joined the United States Office of War Information and contributed his expertise on German society.
Operation Barbarossa
The Kerch Peninsular, Kharkov, Crimea & Sebastopol are captured
Operation Barbarossa
Commands the Soviet winter offensive, von Brauchitsch is dismissed
Operation Barbarossa
Holds the Corps bridgehead on the east bank of the Dneiper River
Persecution
Treats Poles as "slaves of the Greater German Empire"
Promotion
Quirnheim is promoted to lieutenant colonel during the war
Reich Commissioner
Appointed Reich Commissioner during Germany's occupation of Denmark
Reich Commissioner
Appointed Reich Commissioner during Germany's occupation of Denmark
Resistance
Witzleben becomes a symbolic senior military figure for officers planning action against Hitler
Retirement
After dismissal from command Witzleben is placed in retirement but remains important to the military opposition
Rule of Denmark
Appointed Reich Commissioner during Germany's occupation of Denmark
Rule of Denmark
Appointed Reich Commissioner during Germany's occupation of Denmark
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