Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (8 August 1881 – 13 November 1954) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) of the Wehrmacht during World War II...
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Ludwig Ewald von Kleist and Maximilian von Weichs (all members of the Heer). Later that same month, Hitler promoted Luftwaffe General Wolfram von Richthofen...
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Generaloberst Heinrich Kirchheim, Generalleutnant Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Generalfeldmarschall Theodor Krancke, Kriegsmarine Admiral Heinrich Kreipe, Generalmajor...
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Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany...
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invasion of the Soviet Union. In November 1942, when General Paul Ewald von Kleist was given the command of Army Group A, Mackensen took up leadership...
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Admiral Sergey Gorshkov Army Group A – Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List 1st Panzer Army – General Ewald von Kleist (until 21 November 1942) 17th Army –...
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20 July plot (redirect from Von Stauffenberg plot)
Bussche-Streithorst February 1944 by Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin 11 March 1944 by Eberhard Freiherr von Breitenbuch As the war situation deteriorated...
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Hermann Freiherr von Richthofen (10 October 1895 – 12 July 1945) was a German World War I flying ace who rose to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal)...
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Albert Kesselring (redirect from Albert von Kesselring)
significantly more: Erhard Milch, Gerd von Rundstedt and Günther von Kluge each received a total of 250,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁; Ewald von Kleist was given 480,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁; and Wilhelm...
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Erwin von Witzleben (1881–1944) July 19, 1940 – Franz Halder (1884–1972) July 19, 1940 – Friedrich Dollmann (1882–1944) July 19, 1940 – Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954)...
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Ernst Busch (field marshal) (redirect from Ernst von Busch)
Bernhard Wilhelm Busch (6 July 1885 – 17 July 1945) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II who commanded the 16th Army (as...
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Gustav von Hollen (1851–1917) Alfred von Kühne (1853-1945) Philipp Kleffel (1887–1964) Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881-1954) Rudolf Koch-Erpach (1886–1971)...
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road traffic around Charleville-Mézières. On 13 May, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army was poised to cross the Meuse at Montherme, with Heinz...
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Field marshal (German: Generalfeldmarschall) was usually the highest military rank in various German armed forces. It had existed, under slightly different...
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1939 he was awarded the Golden Party Badge by Hitler. Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist labelled Keitel nothing more than a "stupid follower of Hitler" because...
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Wilhelm List (redirect from Wilhelm von List)
Group himself from OKH. On 22 November 1942, he placed Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist in charge. List spent the rest of the war at his home and never returned...
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Group 1 Generaloberst Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist XIV Army Corps (motorized) General der Infanterie Gustav Anton von Wietersheim 5th Panzer Division (Generalleutnant...
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toward Sedan, turning northward to the English Channel, using Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein's plan Sichelschnitt (under the German strategy Fall...
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campaign) Army Group B Generalfeldmarschall Maximilian von Weichs[c] Second Army (General Hans von Salmuth)[d] LV Army Corps (R. von Roman) Fourth Panzer...
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The First Panzer Group was commanded by Generaloberst Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and according to Schreiber, Stegemann and Vogel, it consisted of XIV...
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wrote to the Wehrmacht commander who led the withdrawal, Generalfeldmarschall Ewald von Kleist, requesting a letter of exoneration. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich...
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during the American Revolutionary War, was wounded at the battle. Ewald Christian von Kleist, the famous poet of the Prussian army, was badly injured in the...
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Volume 8 (1878), pp. 385–92 (in German). Rudolf Schwarze, "Kleist, Ewald Christian von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Volume 16 (1882), pp. 113–21...
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However, in May 1940, the regiment was attached to Generalfeldmarschall Ewald von Kleist's Panzergruppe Kleist and saw combat from the beginning of Fall Gelb...
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grouped under Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List's 12th Army, which comprised: 1st Panzer Group (Generaloberst Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist), deployed against...
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Battle of Stalingrad (redirect from Schlacht von Stalingrad)
German counterattack on 13 May halted the Soviet advance. On 17 May, Ewald von Kleist's forces launched Operation Fridericus I, encircling and destroying...
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religious poet. Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715 in Groß-Poplow – 1759 in Frankfurt (Oder)) a German poet and cavalry officer Max von Schenkendorf (1783...
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mobilized forces of 1st Panzer Group under the command of Generaloberst Ewald von Kleist were ordered to attack Belgrade in what would become the Invasion of...
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to temporarily transfer the 17th Army's leadership to Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist. "Less a prima donna than many German army commanders," Hoth did not...
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home in Stone Mountain, Ga. Yardley, William (13 March 2013). "Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, Anti-Hitler Plotter, Dies at 90". New York Times. Retrieved 12...
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