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Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, frosty, amoral beau ideal of Prussian militarism, is the head man. Rundstedt, no longer slim but still straight-backed at 68, is Supreme Commander of anti-invasion forces in France and the Low Countries...
...drew near, crushing responsibility settled back upon the handful of top commanders. For the Germans, it fell most heavily on two field marshals, able hoodlum Erwin Rommel and able Junker Gerd von Rundstedt. They were hard at work on their checkup of garrisons, driving their staffs to perfect the plans for the 50-odd divisions they will have in the West on Dday...
...German troops, perhaps 100 "satellite" divisions of variable quality and fighting spirit). Allied staffmen, planning invasion, must assume that an unknown number of "hidden reserves" is available to Field Marshal Erwin ("The Fox") Rommel, recently appointed to direct the overall defenses of Europe, and to Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt, apparently still commander in the threatened west...
...drive on Poland, Manstein was Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who attacked from the south. Manstein did a flawless job of planning, intelligence and logistics, was promoted to a field commander. In the summer of 1940, his armies broke through the Somme line in France. A year later he became an army commander in Russia when Ukrainian guerrillas killed his chief, Colonel General Eugen Ritter von Schobert. For yet another year, Manstein marched from victory to victory-Odessa, Perekop, Kerch, Sevastopol. But victory was tinged with pain: his two boys, both lieutenants, died in action...
...defend the western invasion coast, Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt has three divisions in Holland, four in Belgium, 33 in France (five guarding the south coast, the rest divided between central France and the Channel...