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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Erwin von Witzleben
		Job-Wilhelm Georg "Erwin" von Witzleben (born 4 December 1881 in Breslau; died 8 August 1944 in Berlin, executed) was a German army officer (by 1940 a Generalfeldmarschall) and in the Second World War an Army commander and a resistance fighter in the July 20 Plot.
		Erwin von Witzleben was born in Breslau, Germany on December 4, 1881.
		Erwin von Witzleben was found guilty of treason and on August 8, 1944, was executed by being hung by piano wire from a meat hook.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Erwin-von-Witzleben (4491 words)

	Erwin von Witzleben - Early years, First World War, Between the Wars, Second World War, Decorations, Notes about ...
		At the beginning of the First World War, von Witzleben served as brigade adjutant in the 19th Reserve Infantry Brigade, before he rose to captain and company chief in the Reserve Infantry Regiment no. von Witzleben's unit fought at Verdun, in the Champagne Region, and in Flanders, among other places.
		By 1938, von Witzleben belonged to the group of plotters around Colonel General Ludwig Beck, Generals Erich Höpner and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, and Defence Chief Wilhelm Canaris.
		When Germany attacked France on 10 May 1940, von Witzleben's army belonged to Army Group C. For this, von Witzleben was decorated with the Knight's Cross, and on 19 July 1940, he was promoted to generalfeldmarschall.
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		Job-Wilhelm Georg "Erwin" von Witzleben (4 December 1881 - 8 August 1944) was a German army officer (by 1940 a Generalfeldmarschall) and in the Second World War an Army commander and a resistance fighter in the July 20 Plot.
		Erwin von Witzleben was born in Breslau to a Thuringian family of officers.
		Von Witzleben, however, was arrested on 20 July 1944 – the day of von Stauffenberg's attempt on Hitler's life at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia – upon arriving at OKH-HQ (Oberkommando des Heeres Headquarters) in Berlin to assume command of the coup forces.
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	Erwin von Witzlebeben
		Witzleben was furious when his friend, General Werner von Fitsch, was dismissed as Commander in Chief of the Army on a trumped up charge of homosexuality.
		Witzleben plotted with anti-Nazis such as Ludwig Beck, Franz Halder, Wilhelm Canaris, Hans Oster, Wolf von Helldorf, Kurt Hammerstein-Equord and Erich Hoepner and they considered the possibility of a military coup.
		After Claus von Stauffenberg planted the bomb, the conspirators thought that Hitler had been killed, and Witzleben was installed as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and Erich Hoepner as Commander of the Home Army.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/witzleben.html (529 words)

	Gerd von Rundstedt Summary
		Gerd von Rundstedt was born on Dec. 12, 1875, in Aschersleben near Magdeburg.
		General von Rundstedt had doubts about the survivability of these units without infantry support, and asked for a pause while they caught up; this has given rise to the misconception that the halt that allowed the British to evacuate the Continent at Dunkirk was of Rundstedt's making.
		Von Rundstedt was promoted to Field Marshal on July 19, 1940 and took part in the planning of Operation Sealion.
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		von Bock was considered a very "by the book" general and was not heavily involved in politics but also did not sympathize with those who opposed Adolf Hitler.
		However, von Bock was unfortunate enough to get caught in the vicious Russian winter, when some of his men were within 30 km of Moscow.
		One of the reasons for von Bock's dismissal is believed to have been his expressed interest in supporting the Russian Liberation Movement, which Hitler was categorically against.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Fedor_von_Bock (693 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Fedor von Bock
		Fedor von Bock (December 3, 1880 - May 4, 1945) was a generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht who served as Army Group Center's commander during the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941.
		In 1941, von Bock invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, destroying the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviets.
		When von Bock asked for permission to withdraw his exhausted troops in December 1941, he was dismissed from his post as Commander of Army Group Center, to be reassigned to lead Army Group South in January 1942, when field marshal Walter von Reichenau died of a heart attack.
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	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Robert Ritter von Greim
		von Greim's greatest tactical achievement was his Luftflotte's involvement in the battle of Kursk and his planes bombing of the Orel bulge.
		Von Greim thus became the second man in the history of the Third Reich to command the Luftwaffe.
		Von Greim, however, was to be part of a Soviet-American prisoner exchange program and, fearing torture and execution at the hands of the Soviets, committed suicide in Salzburg, Austria, on 24 May.
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	Erwin von Witzleben - InformationBlast
		Erwin von Witzleben (December 4, 1881 - August 8, 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall.
		Erwin von Witzleben was forced into early retirement after he critized Adolf Hitler's persecution of Werner von Fisch, and the Night of the Long Knives.
		In 1944 he was arrested for involvement in Claus von Stauffenberg's plot to kill Hitler, and was executed on August 8.
	www.informationblast.com /Erwin_von_Witzleben.html (150 words)

	Erwin Rommel - Search.com
		Erwin Rommel the elder and Helene von Luz, a daughter of a prominent local dignitary.
		Young Erwin considered becoming an engineer and would throughout his life display extraordinary technical aptitude; however, at his father's insistence, he joined the local 124th Württemberg Infantry Regiment as an officer cadet in 1910 and, shortly after, was sent to the Officer Cadet School in Danzig.
		However his commander, von Rundstedt, felt that there was no way to stop the invasion near the beaches due to the equally overwhelming firepower of the Royal Navy.
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	Count Claus von Stauffenberg hero file
		Von Stauffenberg comes to envisage the RLA as a Soviet national force fighting for the liberation of the country from the communist regime of dictator Joseph Stalin, and the German invasion as an armed intervention on behalf of the Soviet people.
		Von Stauffenberg is to travel to Rastenburg by plane, perform his mission, and then return to the capital to assist with the coup to oust the Nazis.
		Von Stauffenberg and those other plot leaders who have not committed suicide are captured two hours later by the loyal Nazi forces, with von Stauffenberg suffering a gunshot wound to his good arm as he tries to resist arrest.
	www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/stauffenberg.html (4132 words)

	Biographie: Erwin von Witzleben, 1881-1944
		Dezember: Erwin von Witzleben wird als Sohn einer Soldatenfamilie in Breslau (heute: Wroclaw/Polen) geboren.
		Nach Augenzeugenaussagen ist Witzleben bemüht, eine Terrorisierung der Zivilbevölkerung zu unterbinden.
		Von Roland Freisler wird er zum Tode verurteilt.
	www.dhm.de /lemo/html/biografien/WitzlebenErwin (438 words)

	dasrestaurantamendedesinternets.de www.dasrestaurantamendedesinternets.de Erwin von Witzleben
		Von Witzleben wurde schwer verwundet und mit beiden Eisernen Kreuzen ausgezeichnet.
		Von Witzleben war ebenfalls in die Verschwörerpläne des Generalobersten Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord von 1939 einbezogen, der plante, Hitler bei einem Frontbesuch festzunehmen.
		Von Witzleben war inzwischen im November 1938 als Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe 2 nach Frankfurt/Main versetzt worden.
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	Erwin von Witzleben : Nazi Germany
		Erwin von Witzleben was born in Breslau, Germany on 4th December, 1881.
		On 21st July, 1944 Witzleben was arrested and during his trial he was humiliated by being forced to appear in court without his belt and false teeth.
		Erwin von Witzleben was found guilty of treason and on 8th August, 1944 was executed by being hung by piano wire from a meat hook.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERwitzleben.htm (1147 words)

	GDW - Biographien
		A career officer, Erwin von Witzleben is among those allowed to remain in service in the Reichswehr after the First World War.
		Commander of military district III (Berlin) from 1934 on, Witzleben advocates the violent overthrow of Hitler as early as 1938.
		He appoints Witzleben commander in chief of Army Group D in France that same year and Commander in Chief West in 1941.
	www.gdw-berlin.de /bio/ausgabe_mit-e.php?id=89 (217 words)

	Erwin von Witzleben - Japan
		Erwin von Witzleben was born in Breslau to a Thuringian family of officers.
		Von Witzleben was likewise involved in Colonel-General Kurt Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord's 1939 conspiracy plans.
		Von Witzleben, however, was arrested on 20 July 1944 – the; day of von Stauffenberg's attempt on Hitler's life at the Wolf's Lair in East Prussia – upon arriving at OKH-HQ (Oberkommando des Heeres Headquarters) in Berlin to assume command of the coup forces.
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	Erich von Manstein (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Von Manstein was born Fritz Erich von Lewinski in Berlin, the tenth child of a Prussian aristocrat, artillery general Eduard von Lewinski (1829–1906), and Helene von Sperling (1847–1910).
		Von Manstein married Jutta Sibylle von Loesch, the daughter of Silesian landowner in 1920.
		Von Rundstedt accepted von Manstein’s plan calling for the concentration of the majority of the Army Group’s armored units into Walther von Reichenau’s 10th Army with the objective of a decisive breakthrough, which would lead to the encirclement of Polish forces west of the River Vistula.
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	Wolfram_von_Richthofen - Thagodz Wiki
		Von Richthofen was a distant cousin of the German World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, popularly known as the "Red Baron" (who had shot down 80 enemy aircraft before being killed in action in 1918), and the baron's younger brother Lothar von Richthofen, who himself shot down 40 enemy aircraft.
		In 1933 von Richthofen joined the Luftwaffe, becoming one of the commanding officers in the Condor Legion in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.
		Von Richthofen was retired on medical grounds in late 1944.
	www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/index.pl?title=Wolfram_von_Richthofen (846 words)

	Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
		Erwin Rommel the elder and Helene von Luz, a daughter of a prominent local dignitary.
		Young Erwin considered becoming an engineer and would throughout his life display extraordinary technical aptitude; however, at his father's insistence, he joined the local 124th Württemberg Infantry Regiment as an officer cadet in 1910 and, shortly after, was sent to the Officer Cadet School in Danzig.
		However, his commander, von Rundstedt, felt that there was no way to stop the invasion near the beaches due to the equally overwhelming firepower of the Royal Navy.
	www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=Erwin_Rommel (10561 words)

	Erwin von Witzleben
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		Von Witzleben wurde schwer verwundet und mit beiden Klassen des Eisernen Kreuzes ausgezeichnet.
		August 1944 gehörte von Witzleben zur ersten Gruppe von Angeklagten vor dem Volksgerichtshof unter dessen Vorsitzenden Roland Freisler.
	www.kalkriese.de /Erwin_von_Witzleben.html (794 words)

	Kingdom of Chaos: 20 July 1944
		Graf von Stauffenberg and his closest collaborators were perhaps fortunate: shot by firing squad in the early morning hours of 21 July in the courtyard of General Staff headquarters in the Bendlerstrasse.
		(Generalfeldmarschall von Witzleben was one of the earliest of the anti-Hitler plotters, his disapproval of and plotting against the Nazi regime dating to at least 1934).
		Field Marshal Günther von Kluge also escaped the hangman by suicide: although he was not directly involved in the various anti-Hitler conspiracies, von Kluge allowed plotting to go on in his headquarters.
	dhchaos.blogspot.com /2007/07/20-july-1944.html (878 words)

	Third Reich History: August 8
		von Kleist saw that Hitler would bring calamity to Germany and plotted to capture and eliminate him and the entire Nazi party before the invasion of Austria...Semi-retired, in August 1939 he was recalled to active duty at the age of fifty eight; captured by United States forces in 1945.
		Erwin von Witzleben, German Army commander and a resistance fighter in the July 20 Plot: Generalfeldmarschall von Witzleben was to take over supreme command of the whole Wehrmacht as the highest German soldier.
		Von Witzleben's closing words in court (addressed to Freisler) were: You can hand us over to the hangman.
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	Claus von Stauffenberg
		Claus von Stauffenberg was born in Griefstein Castle, Upper Franconia on November 15, 1907.
		Stauffenberg was joined by Wilhelm Canaris, Carl Goerdeler, Julius Leber, Ulrich Hassell, Hans Oster, Henning von Tresckow, Fabin Schlabrendorff, Peter von Wartenburg, Ludwig Beck, and Erwin von Witzleben in what became known as the July Plot.
		According to the plan, after Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler were assassinated, Ludwig Beck, Erwin von Witzleben and Friedrich Fromm would take control of the German Army and seize key government buildings, telephone and signal centres and radio stations.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Stauffenberg.html (628 words)

	Erwin Rommel Summary
		He was the second son of a Protestant Headmaster of the secondary school at Aalen, Erwin Rommel the elder and Helene von Luz, a daughter of a prominent local dignitary.
		Young Erwin considered becoming an engineer; however, on his father's insistence, he joined the local 124th Württemberg Infantry Regiment as an officer cadet in 1910 and, shortly after, was sent to the Officer Cadet School in Danzig.
		Erwin (Johannes Eugen) Rommel, The Desert Fox / Der Wüstenfuchs at Achtung Panzer!
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