Walther von Reichenau

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German general Nazi military leader Wehrmacht officer field marshal human

Walther von Reichenau was a German field marshal in the Wehrmacht during World War II, known for his leading role in early German campaigns and his involvement in Nazi war crimes on the Eastern Front.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German general → Nazi military leader → Wehrmacht officer → field marshal → human →
allegiance	German Empire → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
awardReceived	Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class → Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class → Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class → Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross →
causeOfDeath	brain hemorrhage → stroke →
closeTo	Adolf Hitler →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Nazi Germany →
dateOfBirth	1884-10-16 →
dateOfDeath	1942-01-17 →
educatedAt	Prussian Cadet Corps →
familyName	von Reichenau →
givenName	Walther →
ideology	Nazism →
involvedIn	Holocaust in the Soviet Union → Nazi war crimes on the Eastern Front →
memberOf	Nazi Party →
militaryBranch	German Army → Wehrmacht →
militaryRank	Generalfeldmarschall →
name	Walther von Reichenau →
notableWork	Reichenau Order →
participantIn	Battle of France → Battle of Kiev (1941) → Battle of Smolensk (1941) → Eastern Front (World War II) → Invasion of Poland → Operation Barbarossa →
placeOfBirth	Grand Duchy of Baden → Karlsruhe NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Leipzig →
positionHeld	commander of 6th Army → commander of Army Group South (acting) →
promotedToFieldMarshalOn	1940-07-19 →
responsibleFor	Reichenau Severity Order →
serviceEntryYear	1903 →
supported	brutal anti-partisan warfare → exterminationist policies against Jews →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army Group South ("Walter von Reichenau") → German 17th Army → German 6th Army ("Generaloberst Walther von Reichenau") →	notableCommander
Battle of France → Siege of Warsaw (1939) →	commandedBy
Battle of Uman → German 6th Army →	commander
Battle of the Bzura ("Walter von Reichenau") →	commanderGermany
Walther von Reichenau ("von Reichenau") →	familyName
Heeresgruppe Süd ("Walter von Reichenau") →	hasCommander
Walther von Reichenau →	name
Friedrich Paulus →	servedUnder