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    Kurt Zeitzler (9 June 1895 – 25 September 1963) was a Chief of the Army General Staff in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Zeitzler was...
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    acting Chief of the General Staff for two weeks in 1944 following Kurt Zeitzler's resignation. That year, Heusinger was accused of involvement in the...
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    September Hitler replaced Halder as Chief of Staff of the OKH with Kurt Zeitzler and retired him to the Führer Reserve. On 23 July 1944, after the failed...
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    active duty and led the XXII Motorised Corps in the Invasion of Poland. Kurt Zeitzler, the future Chief of the Army General Staff, served as his Chief of...
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  • in A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (1981), and German Nazi figures Kurt Zeitzler in the miniseries War and Remembrance (1988) and Hermann Göring in the...
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    Ferdinand Schörner Hans-Georg von Seidel Karl Weisenberger Albert Wodrig Kurt Zeitzler Arthur Zimmermann 2nd Class Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer Eckhard Christian...
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    (1890–1960) February 1, 1944 – Walter Weiß (1890–1967) February 1, 1944 – Kurt Zeitzler (1895–1963) March 1, 1944 – Ferdinand Schörner (1892–1973) April 1,...
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  • Group B in December 1942 made the withdrawal critically urgent and Kurt Zeitzler was at last allowed to order the retreat. However, Hitler continued...
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    Propaganda and Public Relations Office: Hasso von Wedel – Albrecht Blau – Kurt Dittmar Inspector General of Armoured Troops (Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen):...
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    advising Hitler on the Eastern Front. He replaced General of the Infantry Kurt Zeitzler, who had abandoned the position on 1 July after losing faith in Hitler's...
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