Gerd von Rundstedt

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German general field marshal human military leader

Gerd von Rundstedt was a senior German field marshal of World War II who held several key commands on the Western and Eastern Fronts and was one of Nazi Germany’s most prominent military leaders.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt 1
Oberbefehlshaber West 1
von Rundstedt 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German general ⓘ
field marshal ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
allegiance German Empire ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
awardReceived Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Pour le Mérite ⓘ
birthDate 1875-12-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Aschersleben ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ
surface form: Province of Saxony
burialPlace Hanoverian royal vault ⓘ
surface form: Stadtfriedhof Hanover
conflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
deathDate 1953-02-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Hanover ⓘ
Lower Saxony ⓘ
detainedAfter World War II ⓘ
detainedBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
familyName Gerd von Rundstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von Rundstedt
fullName Gerd von Rundstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
givenName Gerd ⓘ
Karl ⓘ
Rudolf ⓘ
memberOf German General Staff ⓘ
surface form: German Army general staff
militaryBranch Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: Heer (Wehrmacht)

Imperial German Army ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
Reichswehr ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
Generalfeldmarschall ⓘ
notableEvent Commanded Army Group A during the 1940 Western campaign ⓘ
Commanded German forces during the invasion of Poland ⓘ
Served as Commander-in-Chief West during the Normandy campaign ⓘ
notableWork Command of German forces during the Battle of France ⓘ
Command of German forces on the Eastern Front in World War II ⓘ
Command of German forces on the Western Front in World War II ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: Wehrmacht high command
positionHeld Commander of Army Group A ⓘ
Commander of Army Group D ⓘ
Commander of Army Group South ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief West ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oberbefehlshaber West

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Kiev (1941) → GermanCommander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Operation Overlord → GermanCommander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Battle of France → commandedBy → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Battle of Sedan (1940) → commandedBy → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Case Yellow → commandedBy → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa → commandedBy → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Unternehmen Barbarossa → commandedBy → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Battle of Dunkirk → commander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge → commander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Case White → commander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
D-Day → commander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Fall Weiss → commander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Liberation of France → commander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
September Campaign → commander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
1939 Defensive War → commandersSideGermany → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt → familyName → Gerd von Rundstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: von Rundstedt
Gerd von Rundstedt → fullName → Gerd von Rundstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Commander-in-Chief West → hasCommander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Heeresgruppe Süd → hasCommander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
subject surface form: Oberbefehlshaber West
Gerd → hasNotableBearer → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Army Group South → notableCommander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Heer → notableCommander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
subject surface form: Oberbefehlshaber West
Wehrmacht → notableCommander → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Generalfeldmarschall → notableHolder → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt → positionHeld → Gerd von Rundstedt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberbefehlshaber West
Friedrich Paulus → servedUnder → Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ