Colonel General Wilhelm von Leeb

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military officer
gptkbp:affiliation Wehrmacht
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkbp:birthDate 1876-09-05
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Baden-Baden_Cemetery
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Army_Group_North
gptkb:Baltic_States
gptkb:Army_Group_Center
gptkb:1st_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Leningrad_Front
gptkbp:deathDate 1955-04-29
gptkbp:education gptkb:Prussian_Military_Academy
gptkbp:hasRank General
gptkbp:historicalRole World_War_II_commander
gptkbp:historicalSignificance German_military_history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Colonel General Wilhelm von Leeb
gptkbp:influence German_military_strategy
gptkbp:influenceOn Nazi_Germany's_military_decisions
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:knownFor Eastern_Front_operations
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Iron_Cross
Colonel General
General Staff
military academies
Siege of Leningrad
controversial figure
encirclement tactics
high command
Generalleutnant
German_military_doctrine
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Finland
1894-1945
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:18th_Army
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Breslau,_Prussia
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Baden-Baden,_Germany
gptkbp:postWarCareer lived_in_Germany
prisoner_of_war
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Friedrich_von_Paulus
gptkbp:rank Colonel General
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:World_War_I
Chief of Staff
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:serviceYears 1894-1945
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margarete_von_Leeb
gptkbp:strategicGoals military campaigns
defensive operations
Eastern_Front_strategy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkbp:supportRole over 50 years