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Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

1876 - 1956

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Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb (5 September 1876 – 29 April 1956) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Leeb was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Military Order of Max Joseph which granted him the title of nobility. During the Battle of France, he commanded Army Group C, responsible for the breakthrough of the Maginot Line. During Operation Barbarossa—the invasion of the Soviet Union—Leeb commanded Army Group North, which advanced through the Baltic States towards Leningrad (present day St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb is the 112th most popular military personnel (down from 103rd in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from Germany (down from 269th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Military Personnel.

Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb was a German general during World War II. He is most famous for his command of the German forces in the invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ranks 112 out of 2,058. Before him are Võ Nguyên Giáp, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Walther von Reichenau, Yonatan Netanyahu, Heinrich Müller, and Mikhail Tukhachevsky. After him are Claude Auchinleck, Hephaestion, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Saigō Takamori, and Erich Hartmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ranks 14. Before him are Róbert Bárány, Erich Raeder, Zewditu, Otto Diels, Wilhelm Pieck, and Constantin Brâncuși. After him are Manuel de Falla, Hermann Müller, 13th Dalai Lama, Pablo Casals, Alexander I of Serbia, and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Among people deceased in 1956, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ranks 10. Before him are Jackson Pollock, William Boeing, Frederick Soddy, Konstantin von Neurath, Pietro Badoglio, and Jules Rimet. After him are Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Emil Nolde, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Robert Walser, Bela Lugosi, and Lucien Febvre.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ranks 313 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Helmut Schmidt (1918), Carl Schmitt (1888), and Albrecht Altdorfer (1480). After him are Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Karl Ziegler (1898), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Hermann Staudinger (1881), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), and Ludolph van Ceulen (1540).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb ranks 25. Before him are Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), John of Austria (1547), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Walther von Reichenau (1884), and Heinrich Müller (1900). After him are Erich Hartmann (1922), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), Hermann Hoth (1885), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Ludwig Beck (1880), and August von Mackensen (1849).

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