Otto Moritz Walter Model () (24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west. He has been called the III Reich's best defensive tactical commander. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare. His success at the head of the 9th army in the defensive battles of 1941–1942 determined his future career path.
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| - Otto Moritz Walter Model () (24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west. He has been called the III Reich's best defensive tactical commander. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare. His success at the head of the 9th army in the defensive battles of 1941–1942 determined his future career path.
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| - near Duisburg, Ruhr, Nazi Germany
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| - Hitler's fireman, Master of Defence
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| - Field Marshal Walter Model
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| - Commander of Heeresgruppe Nord
- Commander of Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Commander of 2. Panzer-Armee
- Oberbefehlshaber West
- Commander of 3. Panzer-Division
- Commander of Heeresgruppe B
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| - ; World War I
: Western Front
; World War II
; Eastern Front
: Operation Barbarossa
: Battle of Moscow
: Battles of Rzhev
: Battle of Kursk
: Battle of Narva
: Operation Bagration
; Western Front
: Invasion of Normandy
: Operation Market Garden
: Battle of Hurtgen Forest
: Battle of the Bulge
: Ruhr Pocket
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| - Generalfeldmarschall Georg von Küchler
- Generalfeldmarschall Günther von Kluge
- General der Infanterie Heinrich Clößner
- General Günther Blumentritt
- General der Panzertruppen Horst Stumpff
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| - --01-09
- --08-06
- --08-16
- --08-17
- --11-13
- --06-28
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- Generaloberst Dr. Lothar Rendulic
- General der Panzertruppen Hermann Breith
- Generaloberst Georg Lindemann
- Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt
- Generaloberst Georg Hans Reinhardt
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| - Hürtgenwald-Vossenack: war cemetery
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| - Otto Moritz Walter Model () (24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west. He has been called the III Reich's best defensive tactical commander. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare. His success at the head of the 9th army in the defensive battles of 1941–1942 determined his future career path. Model first came to Hitler's attention before World War II, but their relationship did not become especially close until 1942. His tenacious style of fighting and aggressive personality won him plaudits from Hitler, who considered him one of his best field commanders and repeatedly tasked him with retrieving desperate situations. However, their relationship had broken down by the end of the war after Model was defeated at the Battle of the Bulge.
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