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Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar Fromm (8 October 1888 – 12 March 1945) was a German Army officer. In World War II, Fromm was Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army ( Ersatzheer ), in charge of training and personnel replacement for combat divisions of the German Army, a position he occupied for most of the war. [1]
- Helga Heinke [de]
Nov 16, 2009 · On this day, the commander of the German Home Army, Gen. Friedrich Fromm, is shot by a firing squad for his part in the July plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The fact that Fromm’s participation...
Operation Valkyrie could only be put into effect by General Friedrich Fromm, commander of the Reserve Army, so he had to be either won over to the conspiracy or in some way neutralised if the plan was to succeed.
- 20 July 1944; 79 years ago
- Coup d'état
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Jul 20, 1998 · In a countercoup at the Berlin headquarters, General Friedrich Fromm, who had known about and condoned the plot, sought to prove his allegiance by arresting a few of the chief conspirators, who were promptly shot (Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and two aides) or forced to commit suicide (Beck).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
That same night, General Friedrich Fromm convened an impromptu court martial and sentenced all of the conspirators to death.
role in July Plot. …at the Berlin headquarters, General Friedrich Fromm, who had known about and condoned the plot, sought to prove his allegiance by arresting a few of the chief conspirators, who were promptly shot (Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and two aides) or forced to commit suicide (Beck).
Donate. Friedrich Fromm was born in Berlin on October 8, 1888. He joined the German Army and by the end of the First World War had reached the rank of lieutenant. Fromm remained in the army and worked under General Ludwig Beck, the chief of general staff. In 1937, he was made commander of the Replacement Army and during the Second World War was ...