Gerd Karl Rudolf von Rundstedt (1875 - 1953)

Born 12 Dec 1875 in Aschersleben, Saxony, Prussia, Germany

Ancestors

Died 24 Feb 1953 at age 77 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany

Biography

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Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt was born on the 12th December, 1875 in Aschersleben, Salzlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. He was a German Field Marshal and he joined the German Army in 1892 and then in 1902, entered Germany's elite military academy. During World War I, Karl von Rundstedt proved his exceptional abilities as a field commander. During World War II he commanded in various military campaigns in Poland, France, and Russia. On the 19th of July, 1940, Karl von Rundstedt was promoted to Field Marshal. He served as the supreme commander in the West from March of 1942 to March of 1945, except for a brief period in 1944. On 16th December, 1944, Karl von Rundstedt launched a deadly counter-offensive which later became known as the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he was held by the British for possible prosecution as a war criminal. In 1949, Karl von Rundstedt was released because of ill health.

He died on the 24th February, 1953 in Hanover, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany and is buried in the Stöckener Cemetery

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #46405239
• Wikipedia contributors. (2022, May 5). Gerd von Rundstedt. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:51, May 7, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerd_von_Rundstedt&oldid=1086257759