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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Generate an image of Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (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 (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 ⓘ
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 Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb ⓘ
linked to: Wilhelm von Leeb
givenName Wilhelm ⓘ
honorificTitle Ritter von ⓘ
militaryBranch Bavarian Army ⓘ
Heer (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ

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GermanArmyGroupNorth → commander → Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ⓘ
Siege of Leningrad → commanderForAttacker → Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ⓘ
linked to: Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Army Group North → commander → Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ⓘ
linked to: Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb