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Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
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Noun1.Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt - German field marshal in World War II who directed the conquest of Poland and led the Ardennes counteroffensive (1875-1953)
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Manstein's plan, no matter how brilliant, would never have seen the light of day had it not been given a sympathetic hearing not only by Hitler--bold ideas were very much to his liking--but also by Manstein's rather conservative-minded commander, General Gerd von Rundstedt.
Case Yellow and the modern campaign planner by Hanley, Brian J. / Joint Force Quarterly
By late June, Allied fighter-bomber effectiveness had led to a rare confluence of views at all levels of the German field command: the senior German commander in France, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, described his rear areas as a "traffic desert"; Rommel, his immediate subordinate, told Berlin "there was simply no answer" to Allied airpower in Normandy; and rank-and-file Wehrmacht soldiers took to calling Allied fighter-bombers the "most terrible weapon.
Anglo-American tactical air operations in World War II by Hughes, Thomas Alexander / Air & Space Power Journal
An American vernacular equivalent is nuts, the famous reply of General Anthony McAuliffe to an invitation to surrender given him by the troops of Field Marshall Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt after the Germans had surrounded the 101st Airborne at Bastogne at the start of the Battle of the Bulge on 21 December 1944 (http://www.
Classical blather: stuff and nonsense by Humez, Nick / Verbatim
 
 
 
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