# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerd-von-rundstedt
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:28:09.728Z

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name: "Gerd von Rundstedt"
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description: "The Wehrmacht's most senior officer by war's end — a Prussian field marshal who commanded three major fronts, authorized retreats Hitler despised, and chaired the tribunal that expelled July plotters from the army so the regime could kill them."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born into a Prussian military family in 1875, Rundstedt entered the army in 1892 and spent World War I as a staff officer. He rose to Colonel General before retiring in 1938, then was recalled a year later to command Army Group South in the Polish invasion. During the Battle of France he led Army Group A and requested the Halt Order at Dunkirk; in 1940 he was promoted to Field Marshal. Commanding Army Group South in the Soviet invasion, he oversaw the encirclement at Kiev — the largest in history — but was relieved in December 1941 after ordering withdrawal from Rostov. Recalled in 1942 as Commander-in-Chief in the West, he was dismissed after the Normandy defeat in July 1944, reinstated that September, then removed for the last time by Hitler in March 1945. He knew of the plots against Hitler but neither joined nor reported them, and chaired the Ehrenhof that discharged the July conspirators so they could face show trial and execution. Charged with war crimes after the surrender, he was never tried due to age and illness, released in 1949, and died four years later at 77.