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COMMANDER // 1891–1945

Walter Model

general field marshalGermanyGermany12 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1891 – 1945

19001910192019301940Eastern Front · 1941-1945World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Battle of Moscow — January 1, 1941 · Germany · Eastern FrontBattles of Rzhev — January 8, 1942 · Germany · Eastern FrontBattle of Kursk — January 1, 1943 · Germany · Eastern FrontOperation Kutuzov — July 12, 1943 · Germany · Eastern FrontBaltic Offensive — November 24, 1944 · Germany · Eastern FrontBattle of Aachen — October 2, 1944 · Germany · World War IIBattle of Hürtgen Forest — September 14, 1944 · Germany · World War IIBattle of Radzymin — August 1, 1944 · Germany · Eastern FrontBattle of the Bulge — Dec 1944–Jan 1945 · Germany · World War IILeningrad–Novgorod Offensive — January 1, 1944 · Germany · Eastern FrontOperation Bagration — August 19, 1944 · Germany · Eastern FrontOperation Queen — December 16, 1944 · Germany · World War II

Active service 1941–1944 — 12 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 50.

Profile

Otto Moritz Walter Model was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare. His relative success as commander of the Ninth Army in the battles of 1941–1942 determined his future career path.

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Battles (12)

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