Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

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German general field marshal person

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.

Aliases (1)

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ×54

Statements (52)

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 (1914) 1st Class → 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 NERFINISHED →
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 NERFINISHED →
familyName	Leeb →
front	Eastern Front → Western Front →
fullName	Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb NERFINISHED →
givenName	Wilhelm →
honorificTitle	Ritter von →
militaryBranch	Bavarian Army → 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	United States military tribunal at Nuremberg →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army Group North ("Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb") → GermanArmyGroupNorth →	commander
Siege of Leningrad ("Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb") →	commanderForAttacker