Walther von Brauchitsch

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German military officer Wehrmacht general field marshal human

Walther von Brauchitsch was a German field marshal who served as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army during the early years of World War II, overseeing major campaigns including the invasion of Poland and the Western offensive.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German military officer ⓘ Wehrmacht general ⓘ field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	German Empire ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
appointedBy	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
awardReceived	Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ⓘ surface form: Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ⓘ surface form: Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
burialPlace	Ohlsdorf Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1881-10-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1948-10-18 ⓘ
dateOfPromotionToFieldMarshal	1940-07-19 ⓘ
educatedAt	Prussian military academy ⓘ surface form: Prussian Cadet Corps
endTime	1941-12-19 ⓘ
father	Bernhard von Brauchitsch ⓘ
fullName	Walther von Brauchitsch self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch
mannerOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
memberOf	Prussian Army ⓘ Reichswehr ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
militaryBranch	German Army ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
militaryRank	Generalfeldmarschall ⓘ
notableEvent	Resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the German Army in December 1941 ⓘ
notableWork	Oversaw German Army operations in early World War II ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of France ⓘ Battle of France ⓘ surface form: Invasion of France Invasion of Poland ⓘ French campaign in the Low Countries ⓘ surface form: Invasion of the Low Countries Operation Barbarossa ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War II) World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Berlin ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Hamburg ⓘ
placeOfDetention	British custody ⓘ
positionHeld	Commander-in-Chief of the German Army ⓘ
reasonForResignation	German setbacks on the Eastern Front and Hitler’s dissatisfaction ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth von Karstedt ⓘ surface form: Charlotte von Karstedt Elizabeth von Karstedt ⓘ
startTime	1938-12-19 ⓘ
wasPrisonerOf	United Kingdom ⓘ

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Operation Barbarossa → commandedBy → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

Plan White → commandedBy → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

Case White → commander → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

Fall Weiss → commander → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

September Campaign → commander → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

1939 Defensive War → commandersSideGermany → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

Walther von Brauchitsch → fullName → Walther von Brauchitsch self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch

Heer → notableCommander → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

OKH → notableCommander → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ

Generalfeldmarschall → notableHolder → Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ