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Rundstedt

[roont-stet, roond-, roont-shtet]

noun

  1. Karl Rudolf Gerd von 1875–1953, German field marshal.



Rundstedt

/ ˈrʊndstɛt, ˈrʊntʃtɛt /

noun

  1. Karl Rudolf Gerd von (karl ˈruːdɔlf ɡɛrt fɔn). 1875–1953, German field marshal; directed the conquest of Poland and France in World War II; commander of the Western Front (1942–44); led the Ardennes counteroffensive (Dec 1944)

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By September, von Rundstedt had taken Kyiv, and by October, Kharkiv too had fallen to the Nazi advance.

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It still was a grinding battle of huge cost in which von Rundstedt’s next moves yet were to shape up.

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Considered too luxurious for the ranks, it held only officers - including Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who was in charge of the German army in Normandy during the Allied D-Day landings.

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The army commander, Von Rundstedt, called for more of the same, an armoured infantry thrust that would obliterate the British and be an emphatic victory.

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He saw action in many places, including the Battle of the Bulge, which he always insisted be referred to it by its proper name, "The Von Rundstedt Offensive".

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