The German navy thus ignored Beatty's request that its Commander-in-Chief, Erich Raeder, attend his funeral – as Raeder had done at Jellicoe's funeral earlier.

On the 5th of May 1945, the Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached an agreement on the capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands in Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen.

* 1945 – World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

* December 19 – WWII: Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.

Von Witzleben was the former commander of the German 1st Army and the former Commander-in-Chief of the German Army Command in the West ( Oberbefehlshaber West, or OB West ).

Communication was especially poor and, in addition, German forces sent wireless messages uncoded, allowing French forces under the command of acting Commander-in-Chief Joseph Joffre to pinpoint the location of the German advance.

In reality, the German commanders in Sicily were contemptuous of their allies, and German units took their orders from the German liaison officer attached to Italian 6th Army HQ, Generalleutnant Frido von Senger und Etterlin who was subordinate to Albert Kesselring, the German Commander-in-Chief Army Command South ( OB Süd ).

By 20 August, however, it was becoming clear-first to General Charles Lanrezac's French Fifth Army, and then to Commander-in-Chief Joseph Joffre-that a massive German presence was gathering in the area.

German forces in Italy surrender: On 1 May, SS General Karl Wolff and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army Group C, General Heinrich von Vietinghoff, after prolonged unauthorised secret negotiations with the Western Allies named Operation Sunrise, which were viewed as trying to reach a separate peace by the Soviet Union, ordered all German armed forces in Italy to cease hostilities and signed a surrender document which stipulated that all German forces in Italy were to surrender unconditionally to the Allies on 2 May.

However, two German Fritz X radio-controlled missiles did hit and sink the battleship, killing the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Royal Navy ( Regia Marina ), Admiral Carlo Bergamini.

Once the departure of the German ships was discovered, Admiral Sir John Tovey, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Home Fleet, sailed with the King George V, Victorious and their escorts to support those already at sea.

As well, Italy occupied by a hostile German army would have created additional problems for the German Commander-in-Chief Albert Kesselring.

In response to this and with the imminent invasion of the Soviet Union, Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch — the Commander-in-Chief of the German Army — ordered Rommel not to advance further or attack Tobruk again ; he was ordered to hold his position and conserve his forces.

Finally, on 4 April 1945, Schörner was promoted to Field Marshal and was named as the new Commander-in-Chief of the German Army ( Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres ) in Hitler's last testament.

* 1742 – Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal ( d. 1819 )

Kaiser Wilhelm II and German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel were known for keeping dachshunds.

In the latter part of the war, Germany was practically a military dictatorship, with the Supreme High Command ( German: OHL, " Oberste Heeresleitung ") and General Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg as commander-in-chief advising the Kaiser.

German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel noted the effect of airpower: " Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.

Category: Field Marshals of the German Empire

* 1943 – German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of World War II's fiercest battles.

* The 2003 novel Fox at the Front by Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson depicts Philby selling secrets to the Soviet Union during the alternate Battle of the Bulge where German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel turns on the Nazis and assists the Allies in capturing all of Berlin.

His invention, known as the Polish mine detector, was used by the Allies alongside mechanical methods, to clear the German mine fields during the Second Battle of El Alamein when 500 units were shipped to Field Marshal Montgomery's Eighth Army.

* Walter Model ( 1891 – 1945 ), German Field Marshal of World War II

* 1945 – World War II: The North German Army surrenders to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

Bismarck was discarded (" dropping the pilot " in the words of the famous Punch cartoon ), promoted to the rank of " Colonel-General with the Dignity of Field Marshal " ( so-called because the German Army did not appoint full Field Marshals in peacetime ) and given a new title, Duke of Lauenburg, which he joked would be useful when travelling incognito.

* 1941 – World War II: Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov takes command of Red Army operations to prevent the further advance into Russia of German forces and to prevent the Wehrmacht from capturing Moscow.

This plan was detailed by German Field Marshall Erich Ludendorff, who wrote, " German prestige demands that we should hold a strong protecting hand, not only over German citizens, but over all Germans.

On January 31, 1943 the Sixth Army's commander, Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrendered, and on February 2, with the elimination of straggling German troops, the Battle of Stalingrad was over.

File: Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1973-012-43, Erwin Rommel. jpg | Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal who led the North African Campaign.

He contributed to the tactics used during the Battle of Mărăşeşti ( July – August 1917 ), when Romanians under General Alexandru Averescu managed to stop the advance of German forces under the command of Field Marshal August von Mackensen.

In late 1944, the German army launched a last-ditch offensive across Belgium, Luxembourg, and northeastern France, popularly known as the Battle of the Bulge, nominally led by German Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt.

In an interview conducted for Stars and Stripes just after his capture, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt summed up the predominant German view of the American general: " Patton ," Rundstedt concluded simply, " he is your best.

In May 1987 the unauthorized landing of German amateur aviator Mathias Rust next to the Kremlin enabled Gorbachev to remove many hardline opponents of his reforms, including Defense Minister Marshal Sergei Sokolov, from their positions in the military, and to consolidate his authority.

** The North German army surrenders to Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

* November 23 – Spanish – German – Papal forces under Prosper Colonna force French Marshal Odet de Lautrec to abandon Milan.

* 1914 – Gerd Buchdahl, German philosopher ( d. 2001 )

* 1955 – Gerd Müller, German politician

Early 58 and early 55 both have some support, while German New Testament scholar Gerd Lüdemann argues for a date as early as 51 / 52 ( or 54 / 55 ) following on from Knox who proposed 53 / 54.

* 1939 – Gerd Bohnsack, German football manager

* 1950 – Gerd Zewe, German footballer

* 1944 – Gerd Klier, German footballer ( d. 2011 )

* 1954 – Gerd Faltings, German mathematician

* 1945 – Gerd Müller, German footballer

* 1947 – Gerd Schwidrowski, German footballer

* November 3 – Gerd Müller, German footballer

* December 12 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal ( d. 1953 )

* Gerd Weber ( born 1956 ), German soccer player

Gerd von Rundstedt and Günther von Kluge suggested that the German forces around the Dunkirk pocket should cease their advance on the port and consolidate, to avoid an Allied break.

Two massive German armies flanked them: General Fedor von Bock's Army Group B was to the east, and General Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group A to the west.

In September 1939 Frank was assigned as Chief of Administration to Gerd von Rundstedt in the German military administration in occupied Poland.

Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt ( 12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953 ) was a German Field Marshal ( Generalfeldmarschall ) during World War II.

was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis.

In the quarterfinals, Germany defeated Argentina 4 – 0 ; this match was also celebrated striker Miroslav Klose's 100th international cap and the match in which he tied German legend Gerd Müller's record of 14 World Cup goals, one behind the all-time record of 15 World Cup goals, which is held by Ronaldo of Brazil.

Dr. Gerd Gies ( born May 24, 1943 in Stendal, Germany ) is a German politician ( CDU ).

In the 12th Bundestag election on 2 December 1990, the first after the German reunification, 6. 1 % of voters in the Eastern electoral area ( 1. 2 % across Germany ) cast their Zweitstimme ( the vote for a party, as opposed to for a person ) for the group Bündnis 90 / Grüne – BürgerInnenbewegung (“ Alliance ’ 90 / Greens – Populist Movement ”), that entered into the German Bundestag with eight East German electees: Klaus-Dieter Feige, Ingrid Köppe, Gerd Poppe, Christina Schenk, Werner Schulz, Wolfgang Ullmann, Konrad Weiß und Vera Wollenberger.