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Fritz Bayerlein, the Glossary

Fritz Hermann Michael Bayerlein (14 January 1899 – 30 January 1970) was a "quarter-Jewish" German general in the Wehrmacht, during World War II.^[1]

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Afrika Korps

The German Africa Corps (DAK), commonly known as Afrika Korps, was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African campaign of World War II.

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Battle of Alam el Halfa

The Battle of Alam el Halfa took place between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War.

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The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.

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Battle of Kiev (1941)

The First Battle of Kiev was the German name for the major battle that resulted in an encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War II, the capital and most populous city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Battle of Medenine

The Battle of Medenine (Unternehmen Capri) was an Axis spoiling attack at Medenine in Tunisia on 6 March 1943.

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Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.

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Erwin Rommel

Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II.

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Führerreserve

The Führerreserve (“Leaders Reserve” or "Reserve for Leaders") was set up in the German Armed Forces during World War II in 1939 as a pool of temporarily unoccupied high-ranking military officers awaiting new assignments.

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Franz Westhoven

Franz Westhoven (7 December 1894 – 9 October 1983) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several panzer divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Westhoven served in the Army personnel office at the start of World War II, where he had been from 1934 to 1940, and then took command of the 1st Rifle Regiment in October 1941 as an oberst (colonel) (promoted on 1 November 1939), and led this unit into Operation Barbarossa as part of 1st Panzer Division in Army Group North. Fritz Bayerlein and Franz Westhoven are lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht), recipients of the Gold German Cross and Reichswehr personnel.

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Generalleutnant

Generalleutnant is the German-language variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries.

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Generalmajor

Generalmajor is the Germanic variant of major general, used in a number of Central and Northern European countries.

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German Army (1935–1945)

The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946.

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German Cross

The War Order of the German Cross (Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), normally abbreviated to the German Cross or Deutsches Kreuz, was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Giovanni Messe

Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician.

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Gustav von Vaerst

Gustav von Vaerst (19 April 1894 – 10 October 1975) was a German general during World War II. Fritz Bayerlein and Gustav von Vaerst are Reichswehr personnel.

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Heinz Guderian

Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who, after the war, became a successful memoirist. Fritz Bayerlein and Heinz Guderian are Reichswehr personnel.

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Horst Niemack

Horst Niemack (10 March 1909 – 7 April 1992) was a German general during World War II. Fritz Bayerlein and Horst Niemack are recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

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IMDb

IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.

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Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.

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Iron Cross

The Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz,, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).

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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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LIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

The LIII Army Corps (53rd Army Corps) was a corps of the German Army during World War II.

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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (G)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Oberst

Oberst is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Colonel.

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Oberstleutnant

Oberstleutnant (lit. Lieutenant Superior or Superior Lieutenant) is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to lieutenant colonel.

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Operation Cobra

Operation Cobra was an offensive launched by the First United States Army under Lieutenant General Omar Bradley seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy campaign of World War II.

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Panzer Lehr Division

The Panzer-Lehr-Division (tank teaching division) was an elite German armoured division during World War II.

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Paul Freiherr von Hauser

Paul Freiherr von Hauser (24 April 1911 – 1 April 1999) was an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the Panzer Lehr Division. Fritz Bayerlein and Paul Freiherr von Hauser are recipients of the Gold German Cross.

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Ruhr pocket

The Ruhr pocket was a battle of encirclement that took place in April 1945, on the Western Front near the end of World War II in Europe, in the Ruhr Area of Germany.

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Saint-Lô

Saint-Lô (Sant Lo) is a commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy.

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The Guns of Navarone (film)

The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 action adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, based on Alistair MacLean's 1957 novel of the same name.

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Vire

Vire is a town and a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Walter Botsch

Walter Hugo Botsch (27 February 1897 – 7 January 1969) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 19th Army. Fritz Bayerlein and Walter Botsch are lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) and recipients of the Gold German Cross.

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Walther Nehring

Walther Nehring (15 August 1892 – 20 April 1983) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the Afrika Korps. Fritz Bayerlein and Walther Nehring are recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, recipients of the Silver Medal of Military Valor and Reichswehr personnel.

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Würzburg

Würzburg (Main-Franconian: Wörtzburch) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Bayerlein

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