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Ratingen is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
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Water castle "Haus zum Haus"
Walter Model
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Otto Moritz Walter Model was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner
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…the communal re-organization of 1929, Ratingen maintained its independence. After the defeat of German forces in the Second World War, Field Marshal Walter Model committed suicide in the forest adjacent to the city. After relatively small war damage, Ratingen in the 1960s and the 1970s experienced years of growth…
Model, c. 1942/43
Model (centre) on the Eastern Front, July 1941
Model with the overall commander of the 2nd Panzer Army and his direct superior, Heinz Guderian, in 1941
German armoured vehicles during Operation Citadel, summer 1943