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Walter Model

1891 - 1945

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Otto Moritz Walter Model (IPA: [ˈmoːdəl]; 24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German Generalfeldmarschall 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. His relative success as commander of the Ninth Army in the battles of 1941–1942 determined his future career path. Model first came to Hitler's attention before World War II, but their relationship did not become especially close until 1942. His tenacious style of fighting and loyalty to the Nazi regime won him plaudits from Hitler, who considered him one of his best field commanders and repeatedly sent him to salvage apparently desperate situations on the Eastern Front as commander of Army Group North, Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group Centre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Model is the 71st most popular military personnel, the 200th most popular biography from Germany (down from 179th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Military Personnel.

Walter's Model is most famous for its five stages of grief, which are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter Model ranks 71 out of 2,058. Before him are Fedor von Bock, Ubba, Ernst Röhm, Eugène de Beauharnais, Manfred von Richthofen, and Yi Sun-sin. After him are T. E. Lawrence, Stanislav Petrov, Erich Raeder, Hasdrubal Barca, Ferdinand Foch, and Michel Ney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Walter Model ranks 10. Before him are Sergei Prokofiev, B. R. Ambedkar, Mikhail Bulgakov, Max Ernst, Nelly Sachs, and James Chadwick. After him are Edith Stein, Pär Lagerkvist, John Howard Northrop, Walther Bothe, Henry Miller, and Rudolf Carnap. Among people deceased in 1945, Walter Model ranks 12. Before him are Heinrich Himmler, Eva Braun, Béla Bartók, Martin Bormann, Anton Webern, and Fedor von Bock. After him are Thomas Hunt Morgan, Vidkun Quisling, Magda Goebbels, Subhas Chandra Bose, Francis William Aston, and Wilhelm Canaris.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Model ranks 200 out of 7,253. Before him are Leopold Mozart (1719), Johann Christian Bach (1735), Ernst Röhm (1887), Friedrich Ebert (1871), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), and Jupp Heynckes (1945). After him are Nico (1938), Erich Raeder (1876), Frederick Trump (1869), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Gottlob Frege (1848), and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Walter Model ranks 13. Before him are Friedrich Paulus (1890), Arminius (-17), Alfred Jodl (1890), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Baron Munchausen (1720), and Ernst Röhm (1887). After him are Erich Raeder (1876), Michel Ney (1769), Klaus Barbie (1913), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Albert Kesselring (1885), and Walther von Brauchitsch (1881).

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