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Dietrich von Choltitz, General of the German Army during World War II (died 1966)
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Dietrich von Choltitz
German general (1894–1966)
Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the Royal Saxon Army during World War I.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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1935–1945 land warfare branch of the German military
The German Army was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946. During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million volunteers and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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