Gerd von Rundstedt

Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt was a German Field Marshal during World War II.

Gerd von Rundstedt was born in Aschersleben, north of Halle in Prussian Saxony . He was the eldest son of Gerd Arnold Konrad von Rundstedt, a cavalry officer who served in the FrancoPrussian War. The Rundstedts are an old Junker family that traced its origins to the 12th century and classed as members of the Uradel, or old nobility, although they held no titles and were not wealthy. Virtually all the Rundstedt men since the time of Frederick the Great had served in the Prussian Army. Rundstedts mother, Adelheid Fischer, was of Huguenot descent. He was the eldest of four brothers, all of whom became Army officers. Rundstedts education followed the path ordained for Prussian military families the junior cadet college at Diez, near Koblenz, then the military academy at Lichterfelde in Berlin.

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