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Friedrich Wilhelm Waldemar Fromm (8 October 1888 – 12 March 1945) was a German Army officer. In World War II, Fromm was Commander in Chief of the Replacement Army (Ersatzheer), in charge of training and personnel replacement for combat divisions of the German Army, a position he occupied for most of the war.
On this day, the commander of the German Home Army, Gen. Friedrich Fromm, is shot by a firing squad for his part in the July plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The fact that Fromm’s participation...
Jul 20, 1998 · In a countercoup at the Berlin headquarters, General Friedrich Fromm, who had known about and condoned the plot, sought to prove his allegiance by arresting a few of the chief conspirators, who were promptly shot (Stauffenberg, Olbricht, and two aides) or forced to commit suicide (Beck).
Operation Valkyrie could only be put into effect by General Friedrich Fromm, commander of the Reserve Army, so he had to be either won over to the conspiracy or in some way neutralised if the plan was to succeed.
Jul 19, 2019 · That same night, General Friedrich Fromm convened an impromptu court martial and sentenced all of the conspirators to death.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the July Plot, a failed conspiracy by German military officials to kill Adolf Hitler and overthrow the Nazis in 1944. Find out who was involved, how the plot unfolded and what happened to the conspirators.
Apr 26, 2018 · Friedrich Fromm was the commander of the Replacement Army and a key conspirator in the plot to kill Hitler in 1944. He was arrested by the SS and executed after the coup failed.
