RUNDSTEDT, KARL RUDOLF GERD VON

kärl rooˈdôlf gĕrt fən roontˈshtĕt, 1875–1953, German field marshal. He proved his exceptional abilities in World War I. In World War II he commanded in the Polish campaign (1939), in the French campaign (1940), and in Russia (June–Dec., 1941). From Mar., 1942, to Mar., 1945, except for a brief period in 1944, he was supreme commander in the West. He launched a deadly counteroffensive on Dec. 16, 1944 (see Battle of the Bulge). After the war he was held by the British for possible prosecution as a war criminal. In 1949 he was released because of ill health.

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Biographical Dictionary of World War II
Book by Mark M. Boatner III; Presidio Press, 1996
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Dictionaries
...up in a German camp. RUNDSTEDT, Karl Rudolf Gerd von. German general. 1875...A captain in 1914 Rundstedt fought in Alsace before...resign when Chancellor von PAPEN declared martial...their offices. But Rundstedt then performed the unpleasant...
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Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare
Book by Spencer C. Tucker; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Military Art And Science--History--20th Century, Military Biography--Dictionaries, Military History, Modern--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries
...with the Germans was signed. Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von (1875-1953) German field marshal. Rundstedt was commissioned (1900), attended...Fronts. Following the war, Rundstedt contin
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German History: Some New German Views
Book by Hans Kohn; George Allen & Unwin, 1954
Subjects: Germany--History, Germany--History--Historigraphy
...Roggenbach, Franz, Freiherr von, 87 Romanticism, 18...199 , 204 Roon, Albrecht von, 47 , 57 , 195 Rothfels, Hans, 35 , 70 Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd, 64 Russia, 19 , 22...71 Scharnhorst, Gerhard von, 34 , 52 , 57 Scheler...
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The Nazis' March to Chaos: The Hitler Era through the Lenses of Chaos-Complexity Theory
Book by Roger Beaumont; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Bureaucracy, Chaotic Behavior In Systems, Complex Organizations, Germany--Politics And Government--1933-1945, National Socialism, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, Power (Social Sciences), Social Systems
von Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd, contempt for Nazis, 38 ; on Prussian tradition, 122 ; on command methods, 82 ; sacked by Hitler, 86 von Salomon, Ernst, 135 von Scheven, Guenter, on Nazi terror, 63 n. 63 von Schlieffen...
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North Atlantic Civilization at War: The World War II Battles of Sky, Sand, Snow, Sea, and Shore
Book by Patrick Lloyd Hatcher; M.E. Sharpe, 1998
Subjects: Battles--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns
...91 -92, 119 von Paulus, Friedrich, 64 , 91 von Richthofen, Manfred "Red Baron," 25 von Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd, 137 von Thoma, Ritter, 60 -61 W Wavell, Sir Archibald...
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journal articles on: Rundstedt Karl Rudolf Gerd Von  - 2 results

 
 
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Battle Command: Bradley and Ridgway in the Battle of the Bulge
Journal article by Thomas M. Jordan; Military Review, Vol. 80, 2000
Subjects: Bradley, Omar (1893-1981), Germany-pre-1945, Leadership, Military engagements, Military officers, Military strategy, Ridgway, Matthew B, United States, World War II
...slow to grasp the enormity of the German attack. For almost a day, he believed that German Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, the senior German commander in the West, had merely launched a spoiling attack to throw off US Army General...
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Air Power: Closing the Last Sanctuary
Journal article by David R. Mets; Military Review, Vol. 80, 2000
Subjects: Armed forces, Military engagements, Technology
...War and will only partially respond to some limitations suggested by that conflict.21 German Field Marshall Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt lamented that after the Normandy landings his troops had no sanctuary but the night. The chosen starting time...


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magazine articles on: Rundstedt Karl Rudolf Gerd Von  - 2 results

 
 
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The Battle of the Bulge Remembered
Magazine article by Thomas D. Morgan; Army, Vol. 54, November 2004
Subjects: Armed forces, Army-US, Germany-pre-1945, World War II
...the Russians. Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, nearing 70 and Germanys senior...socialism of the Nazis. Under von Rundstedt was Field Marshal Walther Models...and limited resources, both von Rundstedt and Model tried to get Hitler...
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Battle of the Bulge Dead Are Still Heroes in the Ardennes
Magazine article by Corinna Lothar; World and I, Vol. 20, February 2005
Subjects: Memorials--Personal narratives, World War II, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
...dreaded SS Panzer division under the command of Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, crashed through the forest against the thinly held...once again. Both McAuliffe and German Gen. Hasso von Manteuffel were consultants to the museum. Peace...


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60 Years Ago in a War Far Away; Battle of the Bulge Dead Still Heroes in Ardennes
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 13, 2004
...dreaded SS Panzer division under the command of Gen. Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, crashed through the forest against the thinly held...again. Both Gen. McAuliffe and German Gen. Hasso von Manteuffel were consultants to the museum. PEACE...


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encyclopedia articles on: Rundstedt Karl Rudolf Gerd Von  - 1 result

 
 
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Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RUNDSTEDT, KARL RUDOLF GERD VON karl roo dolf gert f n roont shtet, 1875 1953, German field marshal. He proved his exceptional abilities in World War I. In World War II he commanded in the Polish campaign (1939), in the French campaign...


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