German Field Marshal Otto Moritz Walther Model. ( 1891- 1945 )
Model was the Field Marshal that Hitler always sent for when the going was really tough, his contemporaries in the Army are usually associated with a particular campaign, eg, Rommel with North Africa, and Paulus with Stalingrad, but Walther Model was used in areas that were critical to the regime. He earned the nickname of " Hitler's Fireman. " See the Index to "Adolf Hitler and his WW2 Field Marshals" |