Rundstedt, von, Karl Rudolf Gerd
- Date of birth:
- December 12th, 1875 (Aschersleben/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 24th, 1953 (Schloß Oppershausen(Celle)/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Buried on:
- German War Graves Hannover-Stöcken
- Nationality:
- German
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Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
Magyar Érdemrend Nagykeresztje
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Awarded on:
- August 11th, 1937
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Awarded on:
- June 7th, 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1939
1st Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 8th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1941
Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 3
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalfeldmarschall
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1941
Royal Decree no. 2628, dated 19th September 1941.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalfeldmarschall
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1941
Royal Decree no. 2628, dated 19th September 1941.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 11th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalfeldmarschall
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber Heersgruppe West
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1942
Royal Decree no. 2550 dated 1 September 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalfeldmarschall
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber West
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1944
519th Award
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalfeldmarschall
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber West
- Awarded on:
- February 18th, 1945
Awarded for his conduct of the war on the western front following the Normandy battles, including the Battle of the Bulge.
133rd Award
133rd Award
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
War Diary mentions
17 December 1944 WO 171/607 - 6 Guards Tank Brigade
Detailed news of the German attack is difficult to get. Gen Eisenhower has ordered restrictions on communiques giving dispositions of troops in the affected sector. Orders of the Day issued by von Rundstedt and Hitler indicate that this is in fact a supreme effort.
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945
- Romanian Armed Forces in the Second World War
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