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Panzer corps 2 field marshal edition1/2/2023 ![]() ![]() He undertook further training at the military college ( Kriegsschule) at Hannover, before being commissioned as a lieutenant in June 1893. The regiment was based at Kassel in Hesse-Kassel, which he came to regard as his home town and where he maintained a home until 1945. Unable to meet the cost of joining a cavalry regiment, Rundstedt joined the 83rd Infantry Regiment in March 1892 as a cadet officer ( Portepee Fähnrich). Rundstedt's education followed the path ordained for Prussian military families: the junior cadet college at Diez, near Koblenz, then the military academy at Lichterfelde in Berlin. He was the eldest of four brothers, all of whom became Army officers. Rundstedt's mother, Adelheid Fischer, was of Huguenot (French Protestant) descent. Virtually all the Rundstedt men since the time of Frederick the Great had served in the Prussian Army. The Rundstedts are an old Junker family that traced its origins to the 12th century and classed as members of the Uradel, or old nobility, although they held no titles and were not wealthy. He was the eldest son of Gerd Arnold Konrad von Rundstedt, a cavalry officer who served in the Franco-Prussian War. Gerd von Rundstedt was born in Aschersleben, north of Halle in Prussian Saxony (now in Saxony-Anhalt). 5.3 Planning the war against the Soviet Union.5.2 Invasion of France and the Low Countries.He was released in 1949, and died in 1953. After the war, he was charged with war crimes, but did not face trial due to his age and poor health. Though aware of the various plots to depose Hitler, Rundstedt neither supported nor reported them. He was dismissed after the German defeat in Normandy in July 1944, but was again recalled as Commander-in-Chief in the West in September, holding this post until his final dismissal by Adolf Hitler in March 1945. He was relieved of command in December 1941 after authorizing the withdrawal from Rostov, but was recalled in 1942 and appointed Commander-in-Chief in the West. ![]() In the invasion of the Soviet Union, he commanded Army Group South, responsible for the largest encirclement in history, the Battle of Kiev. He was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal in 1940. He commanded Army Group A during the Battle of France, and requested the Halt Order during the Battle of Dunkirk. He was recalled at the beginning of World War II as commander of Army Group South in the invasion of Poland. In the inter-war years, he continued his military career, reaching the rank of Colonel General ( Generaloberst) before retiring in 1938. During World War I, he served mainly as a staff officer. Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a German field marshal in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II.īorn into a Prussian family with a long military tradition, Rundstedt entered the Prussian Army in 1892. ![]()
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