(1891-01-24)24 January 1891 Genthin, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
21 April 1945(1945-04-21) (aged 54) near Duisburg, Nazi Germany
Buried
Hürtgenwald (reinterred)
Allegiance
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch
Imperial German Army
Reichswehr
German Army
Years of service
1909–1945
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held
3rd Panzer Division
XLI Panzer Corps
Ninth Army
Army Group North
Army Group North Ukraine
Army Group Centre
Army Group B
OB West
Battles/wars
World War I
Battle of Mons
Battle of Arras
Second Battle of Champagne
Battle of Verdun
German spring offensive
Operation Michael
Second Battle of the Marne
Battle of the Lys and the Escaut
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Eastern Front
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Smolensk
Battle of Kiev
Battle of Moscow
Battles of Rzhev
Operation "Seydlitz"
Operation Mars
Battle of Kursk
Operation Kutuzov
Operation Bagration
Vilnius offensive
Kaunas offensive
Battle of Narva
Battle of Radzymin
Western Front
Invasion of Normandy
Battle of Falaise
Operation Tractable
Battle of Chambois
Battle of Hill 262
Battle of St. Lambert-sur-Dive
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Eindhoven
Battle of Son
Battle of Veghel
Battle of Grave
Battle of Oosterbeek
Battle of Nijmegen
Battle of Nuenen
Battle of Arnhem
Nijmegen counteroffensive
Battle of Aachen
Battle of Hürtgen Forest
Battle of Vossenack
Battle of Kommerscheidt
Battle of Scheldt
Operation Pheasant
Battle of Simonskall
Operation Queen
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of St. Vith
Operation Lumberjack
Ruhr Pocket
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Signature
Otto Moritz Walter Model (IPA:[ˈmoːdəl]; 24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare. His relative success as commander of the Ninth Army in the battles of 1941–1942 determined his future career path.
Model first came to Hitler's attention before World War II, but their relationship did not become especially close until 1942. His tenacious style of fighting and loyalty to the Nazi regime won him plaudits from Hitler, who considered him one of his best field commanders and repeatedly sent him to salvage apparently desperate situations on the Eastern Front as commander of Army Group North, Army Group North Ukraine and
Army Group Centre.
In August 1944 Model was sent to the Western Front as commander of OB West and Army Group B. His relationship with Hitler broke down by the end of the war after the German defeat at the Battle of the Bulge. In the aftermath of the defeat of Army Group B and its encirclement in the Ruhr Pocket, Model took his own life on 21 April 1945.
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