. . . "(October 1941)" . . . . . . . "1945Z"^^ . "XLI Panzer Corps" . "(to 1933)" . "Otto Moritz Walter Model (German pronunciation: [\u02C8mo\u02D0d\u0259l]; 24 January 1891 \u2013 21 April 1945) was a German 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. He has been called the Third Reich's best defensive tactical commander.Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner of defensive warfare."@en . "Army Group North" . "(to 1918)" . "German field marshal" . . "*" . . . "OB West" . . . "Model, Walter"@en . "(June 1944)" . "3rd Panzer Division" . "Model, Otto Moritz Walter"@en . . "*" . "(January 1944)" . "1891-01-24Z"^^ . "Ninth Army" . . "Master of Defence, Lion of Defence, The Saviour of the Eastern Font, F\u00FChrer's Fireman"@en . "Walter Model"@en . . "(August 1944)" . . . "1910Z"^^ . "1945-04-21Z"^^ . . "(March 1944)" . "Army Group B" . "(January 1942)" . "Army Group North Ukraine" . . . . "(November 1940)" . . "Army Group Centre" . "1891Z"^^ . "(August\u2013September 1944)" .