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Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
History of Germany
1876
Birth
5th Sep Landsberg
Birth of
Wilhelm
Ritter von Leeb,
1930
Commander
Appointed
Commander
of the Wehrkreis
1934
Commander
Kassel
Appointed
Commander
of Army
Group
2
1938
Crisis
Forced into retirement during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis
1938
Retirement
Forced into retirement during the Blomberg-Fritsch crisis
1939
Commander
Appointed
Commander
of Army
Group
C to defend the
Reich
against
France
1940
Field Marshal
Appointed
Field
Marshal
19th July
Appointed
Field
Marshal,
Hitler
creates 12 general
Field
Marshals
1940
Invasion of France
Epinal Belfort
Encircles 4
French
Armies in Epinal-Belfort
May River Moselle
Commands 17 Divisions from the Moselle to the
Swiss
border
1941
Barbarossa
22nd June
1st day of
Operation
Barbarossa, commands the Army
Group
North
1941
Commander
Appointed
Commander
Army
Group
North
Appointed
Commander
of Army
Group
North
in
Russia
1941
Dismissal
Leningrad
Hitler orders the retirement of von Leeb after he wants to withdraw from
Leningrad
1941
Invasion of Russia
22nd June
First day of
Operation
Barbarossa, commands the Army
Group
North
22nd June
Responsible capturing
Baltic
ports & moving to
Leningrad
22nd June
Responsible for advancing into the
Baltic
States
1941
Siege of Leningrad
Leningrad
Hitler orders the retirement of von Leeb after he wants to withdraw from
Leningrad
Leningrad
Leeb advises
Hitler
to withdraw from
Leningrad
to shorten supply lines,
Hitler
refuses
Leningrad
Ordered by
Hitler
to starve the city into surrender rather than attack it
Leningrad
Ordered to eliminate the
Soviet
forces in the
Baltic
states then advance to
Leningrad
22nd June Leningrad
Responsible for capturing Balic ports & moving to
Leningrad
1942
Dismissal
17th Jan Leningrad
Fails to capture
Leningrad
& is dismissed by
Hitler
1956
Death
29th April Hohenschwangau
Death of
Wilhelm
Ritter von Leeb
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