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The Far East Prisoners of War Memorial Building, National Memorial Arboretum.
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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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