(1881-12-04)4 December 1881 Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (present-day Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)
Died
8 August 1944(1944-08-08) (aged 62) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
Allegiance
German Empire
Kingdom of Prussia (1901-1918)
Weimar Republic (1918-1933) Nazi Germany (1933-1944) German resistance (1944)
Service/branch
Imperial German Army
Prussian Army
Reichsheer Wehrmacht (Heer)
Years of service
1901–1944
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held
1st Army
OB West
Battles/wars
First World War
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Champagne
Second World War
Saar Offensive
Battle of France
Awards
Knight'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.
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