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# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:04:24.979Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Model rose as a panzer commander early in the war, but the battles of 1941–42 on the Eastern Front reshaped him into a defender. His Ninth Army performance caught Hitler's eye. What followed was a pattern: whenever a sector looked lost — Army Group North, Army Group North Ukraine, Army Group Centre — Hitler sent Model to hold it, and often he did. By August 1944 he was in the West, running OB West and Army Group B. The Bulge offensive failed, the trust with Hitler cracked, and when Army Group B was surrounded in the Ruhr Pocket he ended it himself on 21 April 1945.