Wilhelm von Leeb

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German general Wehrmacht field marshal human

Wilhelm von Leeb was a German field marshal in the Wehrmacht during World War II, best known for leading Army Group North in the invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German general → Wehrmacht field marshal → human →
allegiance	German Empire → Nazi Germany → Weimar Republic →
awardReceived	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → Pour le Mérite →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
charge	war crimes →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Germany →
dateOfAcquittalOrRelease	1948-10-27 →
dateOfBirth	1876-09-05 →
dateOfDeath	1956-04-29 →
educatedAt	Royal Bavarian Cadet Corps → surface form: "Bavarian Army war academy"
ethnicGroup	Germans →
familyName	von Leeb →
father	Josef von Leeb NERFINISHED →
givenName	Wilhelm →
memberOf	Imperial German Army → surface form: "German Army (German Empire)" Reichswehr → Wehrmacht →
militaryBranch	German Army → Reichswehr → Wehrmacht →
militaryRank	Generalfeldmarschall → field marshal →
notableWork	command of Army Group North in Operation Barbarossa →
numberOfChildren	3 →
participatedIn	Battle of France → Operation Barbarossa → Siege of Leningrad → invasion of Poland →
placeOfBirth	Kingdom of Bavaria → Landsberg am Lech →
placeOfDeath	Bavaria → Füssen →
placeOfDetention	Landsberg Prison →
positionHeld	commander of 12th Army → commander of Army Group C → commander of Army Group North →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Marie Kuhn →
wasTriedBy	High Command Trial → surface form: "Nuremberg High Command Trial"

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Barbarossa → commandedBy → Wilhelm von Leeb →

Unternehmen Barbarossa → commandedBy → Wilhelm von Leeb →