Erwin von Witzleben

Military Person

1881 – 1944

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Who was Erwin von Witzleben?

Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben was a German officer, by 1940 in the rank of a Field Marshal, and army commander in World War II. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot, he was designated to become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht armed forces in a post-Nazi regime.

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Born
Dec 4, 1881
Wrocław
Nationality
  • Germany
Lived in
  • Wrocław
Died
Aug 8, 1944
Plötzensee Prison

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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