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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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