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Prime Minister David Cameron meets with aircrew and ground crew from 12(B) Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, during a pre-Christmas visit to troops in Afghanistan. Jeff J Mitchell/PA Wire 2011
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Dates in History

Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army

19th December 1941

When Adolf Hitler assumed power, he granted his war minister, Werner von Blomberg, the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. However, in 1938, Hitler took the title of Commander-in-Chief himself and assumed personal command of the Armed Forces.

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