The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Field Marshal Wilhelm Knight von Leeb

von Leeb

Wilhelm Knight, Field Marshal

(1876 – 1956)

1926
- 1927
Commanding Officer 7th Artillery Regiment
1928
- 1929
Artillery Leader V
1929
- 1930
Artillery Leader VII
1930
- 1933
General Officer Commanding 7th Division
1933
- 1938
Commander in Chief 2nd Army Group Command
1938
Retired
1939
Recalled
1939
- 1941
Commander in Chief Army Group C, France
1941
- 1942
Commander in Chief Army Group North, Eastern Front
1942
Retired
1945
- 1948
Prisoner of War
1948
Condemned to 3 years imprisonment as war criminal