Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt 
(12.12.1875 - 24.02.1953)
place of birth:  Aschersleben, Herzogtum Anhalt
Königreich Preußen:  AK-Stabschef,  Major, Generalfeldmarschall  (WW2)


Born in Saxony-Anhalt as the son of an aristocratic Prussian Generalmajor, Rundstedt served during the Great War at the rank of Major and the chief of general staff for three different army corps. He was also a staff officer for the German military governments in Antwerp and Warsaw. After the war, as an Oberstleutnant in the Reichswehr, he commanded the 3rd military district which included Berlin. He reportedly took part in the clandestine effort to rearm Germany. Rundstedt later was promoted field marshal during World War Two, serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Western Theater (1942-45). He was regarded by Eisenhower and Montgomery as Germany's best commander.

 
 
Major  28.11.1914
 
 
 

  
   
Curriculum Vitae  
   
01.04.1891 Portepée-Fähnrich  (charakter)
01.04.1891 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Wittich” (3. Hessisches) Nr. 83 - Kassel
17.11.1892 Portepée-Fähnrich  (Patent)
17.06.1893 Sekonde-Lieutenant
01.10.1896 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Wittich” (3. Hessisches) Nr. 83 - Kassel/Bad Arolsen  (III.Bn Adjutant in Bad Arolsen)
22.03.1897 Königlich Preußische Kaiser Wilhelm-Erinnerungs-Medaille (Zentenarmedaille)
14.09.1998 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Wittich” (3. Hessisches) Nr. 83 - Kassel
01.01.1899 Sekonde-Lieutenant  =  Leutnant
22.03.1900 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Wittich” (3. Hessisches) Nr. 83 - Kassel  (Rgt Adjutant)
10.05.1901 Deutsches Reich: China Denkmünze aus Stahl
27.01.1902 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Wittich” (3. Kurhessisches) Nr. 83 - Kassel  (modified designation, Rgt Adjutant)
12.09.1902 Oberleutnant
01.10.1903 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (Student at Royal Prussian War College)
21.07.1906 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Wittich” (3. Kurhessisches) Nr. 83 - Kassel  (return from War College)
01.04.1907 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detached to Prussian Great General Staff HQ)
24.03.1909 Hauptmann
24.03.1909 Generalstab der Armee - Berlin  (assigned to General Staff of the Army, aggregiert)
24.03.1909 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detailed to Great General Staff HQ)
01.10.1910 XI. Armee-Korps - Kassel  (detailed to Scheffer-Boyadel's General Staff)
13.09.1912 2. Ober-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 171 - Colmar i. E.  (Coy Cdr)
30.07.1914 22. Reserve Infanterie-Division  (Otto Riemann's First General Staff Officer Ia)
   
Great War  
   
02.08.1914 22. Reserve Infanterie-Division  (Otto Riemann's First General Staff Officer Ia)
06.11.1914 Offizier der Armee  (Officer of the Army)
06.11.1914 convalescent leave
28.11.1914 Major
00.00.1914 das Königlich Preußische Eiserne Kreuz 1914 - 2. Klasse
00.00.1914 das Königlich Preußische Eiserne Kreuz 1914 - 1. Klasse
00.12.1914 Kaiserliches Deutsches General-Gouvernement Belgien - Antwerp  (Imperial German General Govt, Staff Officer)
01.04.1915 86. Infanterie-Division  (Carl Gronau's Chief of Staff)
00.07.1915 convalescent leave
09.08.1915 Königlich Bayerischer Militär-Verdienst-Orden - 4. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern
05.09.1915 Kaiserliches Deutsche General-Gouvernement Polen - Warschau   (Imperial German General Govt, Ib on General Staff)
01.11.1916 XXV. Reserve-Korps  (Ia on Richthofen's General Staff)
01.10.1917 unknown
24.02.1917 Königlich Haus-Orden von Hohenzollern - Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern
01.08.1918 XV. Armee-Korps  (Ilse's Chief of Staff)
11.11.1918 Waffenstillstand von Compiègne  (Armistice)
19.07.1940 Generalfeldmarschall - Wehrmacht
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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