
Walter Model
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Born | Genthin |
Germany | |
Died | Ratingen |
Germany | |
Place of burial | Hürtgenwald, Germany |
War cemetery Hurtgen Forest-Vossenack, Hürtgenwald, Germany | |
Battles and wars | Western Front |
Battle of Moscow | |
Parents | Maria Demmer |
Otto Model | |
Job | Army officer |
Awards | Iron Cross |
Wound Badge | |
Eastern Front Medal | |
Panzer Badge | |
Spanish Cross | |
Military Merit Cross | |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | |
Eastern Medal | |
Date of birth | January 24,1891 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Spouse | Herta Huyssen |
Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
Children | Hansgeorg Model |
Buri | Hürtgenwald (reinterred) |
Date of died | April 21,1945 |
Full name | Otto Moritz Walter Model |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 424777 |
Walter Model Life story
Otto Moritz Walter Model was a German field marshal during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare.