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In 1941 he was even appointed Commander-in-Chief OB West, succeeding "Generalfeldmarschall" Gerd von Rundstedt, but only a year later, he took leave from that position for health reasons. Some sources, however, claim that he was again forcibly retired at this time after he had criticised the regime for its invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 in Operation Barbarossa.