Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

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Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb was a senior German military commander in World War II who led major operations on the Eastern Front, including the advance toward Leningrad.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German general
field marshal
person
acquittedOf war crimes and crimes against humanity
allegiance German Empire
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
awardReceived Iron Cross 1st Class
surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class

Iron Cross 2nd Class
surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Pour le Mérite
birthCountry German Empire
birthDate 1876-09-05
birthPlace Landsberg am Lech
citizenship German Empire
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
conflict World War I
World War II
convictedOf crimes against peace
countryOfService Germany
deathCountry West Germany
deathDate 1956-04-29
deathPlace Füssen
familyName Leeb
front Eastern Front
Western Front
fullName Wilhelm von Leeb
surface form: Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb
givenName Wilhelm
honorificTitle Ritter von
militaryBranch Bavarian Army
Wehrmacht
surface form: Heer (Wehrmacht)

Imperial German Army
Reichswehr
militaryRank Field Marshal
Generalfeldmarschall
notableFor command of Army Group North on the Eastern Front
leadership in the advance toward Leningrad in 1941
occupation military officer
operationCommanded Battle of France
Invasion of Poland
Operation Barbarossa (Northern sector)
positionHeld Commander of Army Group C
Commander of Army Group North
commander of 12th Army
promotedToFieldMarshalOn 1940-07-19
reasonForRelief disagreements with Hitler over conduct of Leningrad siege
releaseDate 1948-02
retiredFromCommand 1942-01
sentence 3 years imprisonment
trial High Command Trial
triedBy U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunal I
surface form: United States military tribunal at Nuremberg

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GermanArmyGroupNorth commander Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Siege of Leningrad commanderForAttacker Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
this entity surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Army Group North commander Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
this entity surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb