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About Walter Model
Otto Moritz Walter Model (January 24 1891 β April 21 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. In order to avoid surrender, he shot himself in the head in a wooded area on April 21, 1945. The location, between Duisburg and the village of Lintorf, is today part of the city of Ratingen.
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βMein FΓΌhrer, who commands The Ninth Army, you or I?β
βHe who leads troops has no right to think about himself.β
βI sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.β
βI fully subscribe to those words with my special thanks to all officers, noncommissioned officers and men for the attitude displayed during this fighting.β
βEvery minute that we lose will cost us great losses later that we will not be able to afford. We must push forward now, otherwise we risk everything. Hurry yourself with the technical aspects, a lot of time has already been lost.β
βBehr, I cannot imagine that I, as a Field Marshal, the one who out of conviction in victory for my country am responsible for the deaths of hundreds of my soldiers, should now emerge from these woods to approach Montgomery, or the Americans, with my hands in the air and say 'Here I am. Field Marshal Model, I Surrender.'β
βWe have lost a battle, but I assure to you that we will not lose the war! I cannot say more at the present moment although I know the losses are crowded in your minds. That this happened does not hold importance. What counts is not to lose confidence in the future of Germany. At the same time everyone must understand the gravity of the situation. This moment will be enough to distinguish the true men from the inept ones. Every soldier has the same responsibilities: if the advancing one falls, another must be ready to take his place in order to go on.β
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Otto Carius on Walter Model
βWith regard to himself, Field Marshal Model allowed no compromise and was ruthless, but he was indulgent to the men in the front lines who adored him. He demanded nothing for himself.β
Winrich Behr on Walter Model
βModel was a man who spent an incredible amount of time at the front. He didn't lead from behind, looking at maps, but he went wherever he believed his presence would help. In no way was he a politician. He was army through and through and all his thinking was military. In the high positions he later occupied he was criticize for this, with good reason.β
Hasso von Manteuffel on Walter Model
βModel stood up to Hitler in a way that hardly anyone else dared and even refused to carry out orders with which he did not agree.β
Adolf Hitler on Walter Model
Adolf Hitler about Walter Model on Walter Model
βMy best Field Marshal. (mein bester Feldmarschall)β
About Walter Model
Otto Moritz Walter Model (January 24 1891 β April 21 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. In order to avoid surrender, he shot himself in the head in a wooded area on April 21, 1945. The location, between Duisburg and the village of Lintorf, is today part of the city of Ratingen.