Ewald von Kleist

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German general Wehrmacht officer field marshal human

Ewald von Kleist was a German field marshal who commanded panzer and army groups for the Wehrmacht during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.

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Label	Occurrences
Ewald von Kleist canonical	32
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist	2
Ewald Christian von Kleist	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German general ⓘ Wehrmacht officer ⓘ field marshal ⓘ human ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Germany ⓘ
employer	German Army ⓘ surface form: German Army (Heer) Wehrmacht ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German ⓘ
familyName	von Kleist ⓘ
givenName	Ewald ⓘ
ideology	German nationalism ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ
memberOf	Prussian Army ⓘ Reichswehr ⓘ Wehrmacht officer corps ⓘ
militaryBranch	German Army ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
militaryRank	Generalfeldmarschall ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal Generalfeldmarschall ⓘ
name	Ewald von Kleist self-link ⓘ
notableCommand	German 1st Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: 1st Panzer Army German 1st Panzer Army ⓘ surface form: 1st Panzer Group Army Group A ⓘ Army Group B ⓘ Panzer Group von Kleist ⓘ surface form: Army Group von Kleist German forces in southern sector of Eastern Front ⓘ German forces in the Caucasus campaign ⓘ Panzer Group von Kleist ⓘ Panzer units in the invasion of France ⓘ
notableFor	commanding Army Group A in the Caucasus ⓘ high-level command on the Eastern Front in World War II ⓘ leading German armored formations in early Blitzkrieg campaigns ⓘ
notableWork	command of panzer and army groups on the Eastern Front in World War II ⓘ
occupation	general ⓘ military officer ⓘ
participantIn	Battle of France ⓘ Battle of Kiev (1941) ⓘ Case Blue ⓘ Caucasus campaign ⓘ Crimean campaign ⓘ Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II Invasion of Poland ⓘ Operation Barbarossa ⓘ retreat from the Caucasus ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
side	Axis powers ⓘ surface form: Axis powers in World War II

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Generalfeldmarschall → notableHolder → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 → opposingCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Operation Blue → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) → hasCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief South

Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) → notableCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief South

Battle of Sedan (1940) → commandedBy → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Fall Blau → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Axis forces on the Eastern Front → notableCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Anacreontic poets → hasNotableMember → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ewald Christian von Kleist

Ewald von Kleist → name → Ewald von Kleist self-link ⓘ

Commander of Army Group A → heldBy → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Battle of Kiev (1941) → GermanCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Army Group A → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Battle of Uman → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

German 1st Panzer Army → notableCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Bryansk pocket → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Second Battle of Kharkov → commanderGerman → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Operation Edelweiss → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Battle of the Caucasus → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Ewald → notableBearer → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

von Kleist → usedBy → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

von Kleist → notableBearer → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

Panzer Group von Kleist → namedAfter → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Panzer Group von Kleist → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Panzer Group von Kleist → notableCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Dnieper Offensive → opposingCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Rostov defensive operations → commandedBy → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Donbass offensive (1943) → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Battle of the Sea of Azov → axisCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Battle of Rostov (1941) → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Battle of Brody (1941) → hasCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Operation Fredericus → commander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

German Army Group A → notableCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ

Battle of the Ardennes (1940) → hasCommander → Ewald von Kleist ⓘ