Leeb, Ritter von, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- September 5th, 1876 (Landsberg am Lech/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 29th, 1956 (Füssen/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb
Promotions:
1st December 1895: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
18th January 1896: Portepéefähnrich
3rd March 1897: Sekondlieutnant
13th March 1905: Oberleutnant
7th March 1912: Hauptmann
19th May 1920: Oberstleutnant
1st February 1925: Oberst
1st February 1929: Generalmajor
1st December 1929: Generalleutnant
1st January 1934: General der Artillerie
28th February 1938: char. Generaloberst
1st November 1939: Generaloberst
19th July 1940: Generalfeldmarschall
Career:
bayerische 4.Feldartillerie-Regiment: 1895;
Befehlshaber Wehrkreis VII / Kommandeur 7.Infanterie-Division: 1930;
Oberbefehlshaber Gruppen-Kommando II: 1933;
Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Nord: 1941.
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Jubiläumsmedaille für die Armee 1905
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Ia, Generalstab, 11. bay. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- May 2nd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Königlich Sächsischer Albrechtsordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ritter der Orden der Württembergischen Krone
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Militärverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Bremischen Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ritter III. Klasse zum Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Harp Madalyasi
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 16th October 1914.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 12th March 1915.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Genraloberst
- Unit:
- Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe C
- Awarded on:
- June 24th, 1940
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
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