4th Army (Wehrmacht)
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The 4th Army was a field army of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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Günther von Kluge
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Günther Adolf Ferdinand von Kluge was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II who held commands on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. He commanded the 4th Army of the Wehrmacht during the invasion of Poland in 1939 and the Battle of France in 1940, earning a promotion to Generalfeldmarschall. Kluge went on to command the 4th Army in Operation Barbarossa and the Battle for Moscow in 1941.
Kluge in 1939
Kluge with Hitler during a troop visit in France, 1940
Kluge reviews Légion des Volontaires Français, a French collaborationist formation, November 1941.
Kluge meets with generals of Army Group Centre, August 1942