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Born January 14, 1897 • Potsdam • Germany
Died September 24, 1978 (aged 81) • Austria
Role In Battle of the Bulge • Eastern Front • World War II
Gerd von Rundstedt.
Gerd von Rundstedt
German field marshal
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Walther Model
German military officer
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
German general
Eberbach, Heinrich
Heinrich Eberbach
German military officer
Bock, Fedor von
Fedor von Bock
German military officer
Kleist, Paul Ludwig von
Paul Ludwig von Kleist
German general
Günther von Kluge, German field marshal during World War II.
Günther von Kluge
German general
Brauchitsch, Walther von
Walther von Brauchitsch
German military officer
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German minister
Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Franz Halder, 1938.
Franz Halder
German general
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
Paulus, Friedrich
Friedrich Paulus
German military officer
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
German military officer
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
Manstein, Erich von
Erich von Manstein
German general

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