Otto Moritz Walter Model

Otto Moritz Walter Model (24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945) was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. He is noted for his defensive battles in the latter half of the war, mostly on the Eastern Front but also in the west, and for his close association with Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He has been called the Wehrmacht's best defensive tactician.

Commands:
3rd Panzer Division (November 1940)
XLI Panzer Corps (October 1941)
Ninth Army (January 1942)
Army Group North (January 1944)
Army Group North Ukraine (March 1944)
Army Group Centre (June 1944)
Army Group B (August 1944)
OB West (August–September 1944)

Battles/wars
Eastern Front
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Moscow
Battles of Rzhev
Battle of Kursk
Baltic Offensive
Operation Bagration
Western Front
Battle of Normandy
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Hurtgen Forest
Battle of the Bulge
Ruhr Pocket

Awards
Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds


Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model-General der Panzertruppe Erhard Raus-Generalleutnant Friedrich Schulz (right). Austrian Raus commanded 6 Pz.Div. (1942), XXXXVII Pz.K. (1943) then 4, 1, and 3 Pz.Armeen (1943-1944)


Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model[L] with General der Panzertruppe Walter Nehring


Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model[L] with General der Panzertruppe Hermann Breith


Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model with Generalleutnant Walter von Bunau commander of XXXXVII Pz.K. in 1943 with Hungarian officers


Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model with Generalleutnant Friedrich Schultz (left, in profile)