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Erwin von Witzleben
Field Marshal von Witzleben in 1940 or 1941
Born(1881-12-04)4 December 1881
Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (present-day Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)
Died8 August 1944(1944-08-08) (aged 62)
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
AllegianceErwin von Witzleben German Empire
  • Kingdom of Prussia (1901-1918)
Erwin von Witzleben Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Erwin von Witzleben Nazi Germany (1933-1944)
Erwin von Witzleben German resistance (1944)
Service/branchImperial German Army
  • Prussian Army
Reichsheer
Wehrmacht (Heer)
Years of service1901–1944
Rank Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held1st Army
OB West
Battles/warsFirst World War
  • Battle of Verdun
  • Battle of Champagne

Second World War

  • Saar Offensive
  • Battle of France
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler,[1] he was designated to become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht in a post-Nazi regime had the plot succeeded.

  1. ^ Exponat: Photo: Witzleben, Erwin von, 1941–1944 Archived 2014-08-05 at the Wayback Machine at www.dhm.de

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