History and chronology of Guenther Hans von Kluge in Germany

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Guenther Hans von Kluge History of Germany


1882	Birth
30th Oct Posen Birth of Guenther Hans von Kluge
1934	Commander
Appointed Commander of the Military District VI
1934	Divisional Commander Kluge
Appointed Divisional Commander
1939	Commander
1st Sep Appointed Commander of the 4th Army in Poland
1939	Invasion of Poland
31st Aug The 4th Army is commanded by General of Artillery Gnther von Kluge
1940	Commander
10th May Appointed Commander of the 4th Army in France
1940	Field Marshal
19th July Appointed Field Marshal
1941	Barbarossa
21st June Moscow The 4th Army reaches the outskirts of Moscow
1941	Commander
Appointed Commander Army Group Centre, December
Dec Appointed Commander Army Group Centre
1941	Invasion of Russia
21st June Moscow The 4th Army reaches the outskirts of Moscow
1941	Siege of Moscow
Nov Moscow Sends a force up the Minsk Chausee, where Napoleon had marched
1943	Battle of Kursk
16th July Kursk The Germans fail to hold Kursk
1943	Battle of Orel
Oct Orel Orel falls to the Russians
1943	Health
27th Oct Orel Invalided from command after a car crash
1944	Battle of Avranches
6th Aug Avranches Begins a German counter-attack at Avranches
1944	Battle of Britain
9th Aug Defeated by the Americans & forced into retreat
1944	Commander
1st July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West
1st July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, West, replaces von Rundstedt
6th July Appointed Commander of the German forces in Normandy, replaces Rundstredt
1944	Death
20th July Berlin Becomes involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler
18th Aug Death of Kluge, suicide
19th Aug Metz Committs suicide by poison at Metz
1944	Dismissal
17th Aug Avranches Dismissed after the loss of Avranches & replaced by Model
1944	Overlord
2nd Aug Avranches Can only assemble 4 Divisions with a total of 250 tanks to defend Avranches
2nd Aug Avranches Hitler orders von Kluge to assemble 8 panzer Divs to cut off Patton
2nd Aug Avranches The Germans attack Avranches & gain 20km but are driven back by fighter-bombers
1944	Plot
20th July Becomes involved in the conspiracy to assassinate Hitler
1944	Siege of Avranches
2nd Aug Avranches The Germans attack Avranches & gain 20km but are driven back by fighter-bombers
1944	Sucide of Kluge
18th Aug Kills himself while on his way back to Germany to explain himself to Hitler
1944	Tractable
16th Aug Falaise Refuses to carry out an order from the OKW to counter-attack