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Walter Karl Ernst August von Reichenau (8 October 1884 – 17 January 1942) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was nicknamed "The Bull." Reichenau commanded the 6th Army, during the invasions of Belgium and France.
Apr 3, 2024 · Walther von Reichenau (born Oct. 8, 1884, Karlsruhe, Ger.—died Jan. 17, 1942, in flight near Poltava, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.) was a German field marshal who commanded the army that captured Warsaw (1939) and the 6th Army in its encircling movement through Belgium (1940) on the Western front during World War II. The son of a general of the ...
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Walter von Reichenau, the son of a Prussian general, was born in Germany on August 16t, 1884. He joined the German Army when he was eighteen and, in 1904, became an officer in the 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment. In May 1914, he entered the War Academy in Berlin where he underwent General Staff training.
The Severity Order or Reichenau Order was the name given to an order promulgated within the German Sixth Army on the Eastern Front during World War II by Generalfeldmarschall Walter von Reichenau on 10 October 1941.
Aug 13, 2019 · Walter von Reichenau was probably the most exceptional of Hitler’s field marshals. Except for his pale blue eyes, he looked like a typical Prussian: he had a stern, cold and forbidding appearance, augmented by an ever-present monocle. He was also brutally ambitious. Walter Goerlitz called
Walter Karl Ernst August von Reichenau (8 October 1884 – 17 January 1942) was a German Generalfeldmarschall ( Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was nicknamed "The Bull." Reichenau commanded the 6th Army, during the invasions of Belgium and France.
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In Sep 1939, Reichenau commanded the 10th Army during the invasion of Poland, then in 1940 he led the 6th Army during the invasion of Belgium and France. For the victories in the western campaign, he was awarded the title Field Marshal in Jul of that year.
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