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1880 - Fedor von Bock was born on the 3rd of December in Küstrin, Germany.
1897 - He attended a military academy then joined the German Army.
- At the age of 17, von Bock became an officer candidate in the Imperial Foot Guards Regiment at Potsdam; he received an officer’s commission a year later.
- He entered service with the rank of Sekondeleutnant.
1905 - Bock married Mally von Reichenbach, a young Prussian noblewoman, whom he had originally met in Berlin.
1908 - He was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.
1914 - By the time the First World War began, von Bock was a Hauptmann.
- He was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht’s army group on the Western Front.
1918 - Served in the First World War and had attained the rank of major.
1939 - Assigned to lead Army Group North during the successful invasion of Poland.
- After his success with the blitzkrieg against France, Belgium, and The Netherlands, he was promoted to field marshal.
1941 - Served as Army Group Center's commander during the attack on the Soviet Union.
- Invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, destroying the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviets.
- He was dismissed from his post as Commander of Army Group Center.
1942 - Re-assigned to lead Army Group South in January.
- In July, Hitler blamed him for the failure of "Operation Braunschweig".
1945 - Von Bock was killed in an Allied bombing raid at Hamburg on 4th of May.
1897 - He attended a military academy then joined the German Army.
- At the age of 17, von Bock became an officer candidate in the Imperial Foot Guards Regiment at Potsdam; he received an officer’s commission a year later.
- He entered service with the rank of Sekondeleutnant.
1905 - Bock married Mally von Reichenbach, a young Prussian noblewoman, whom he had originally met in Berlin.
1908 - He was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant.
1914 - By the time the First World War began, von Bock was a Hauptmann.
- He was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht’s army group on the Western Front.
1918 - Served in the First World War and had attained the rank of major.
1939 - Assigned to lead Army Group North during the successful invasion of Poland.
- After his success with the blitzkrieg against France, Belgium, and The Netherlands, he was promoted to field marshal.
1941 - Served as Army Group Center's commander during the attack on the Soviet Union.
- Invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, destroying the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviets.
- He was dismissed from his post as Commander of Army Group Center.
1942 - Re-assigned to lead Army Group South in January.
- In July, Hitler blamed him for the failure of "Operation Braunschweig".
1945 - Von Bock was killed in an Allied bombing raid at Hamburg on 4th of May.
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Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock: The War Diary 1939-1945 (Hardcover - Jan 1, 2000) The Von Bock memoirs, which appear here for the first time, allow the reader to see the entire drama of the Second World War through the eyes of one of Germany's most important military commanders....  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock: Zwischen Pflicht und Verweigerung : das Kriegstagebuch by Fedor von Bock (Turtleback - Aug 20, 1995) |
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