Friedrich Fromm

Friedrich Fromm
Fromm in 1940
Chief of Army Equipment and Commander of the Replacement Army
In office 1 September 1939 – 20 July 1944
Preceded by	Joachim von Stülpnagel [de]
Succeeded by	Heinrich Himmler
Personal details
Born	(1888-10-08)8 October 1888 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	12 March 1945(1945-03-12) (aged 56) Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Children	Helga Heinke [de]
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Branch/service	German Army
Rank	Generaloberst
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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.^[1] He was executed for failing to act against the plot of 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler.