Franz von Roques (1 September 1877 – 7 August 1967) was a German general during World War II. He was the commander of Army Group North Rear Area behind Army Group North from March 1941 to April 1943.
FranzvonRoques (1 September 1877 – 7 August 1967) was a German general during World War II. He was the commander of Army Group North Rear Area behind...
World War, Roques served in staff roles in several divisions. By the end of the war he was promoted to major. After the armistice, Roques remained in...
the Army Group North Rear Area. In late June and early July 1941, FranzvonRoques, the Rear Area commander, informed Leeb of the massacres of Jews by...
German invasion of the Soviet Union. Initially commanded by General FranzvonRoques, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group...
German senior officers, including Heinz Guderian, Gerhard Engel, Fedor von Bock and Franz Halder, who believed the decisive victory could only be delivered...
to be investigated more closely". He places Nebe in this category, with Franz Halder, chief of staff of the Army High Command (OKH), and Georg Thomas...
Jews and more than 400 dispersed soldiers of the Red Army. Sturmbannführer Franz Magill and his men of the SS Cavalry Regiment 2, assisted in the roundup...
which in turn had been activated just a few days prior, on 26 August. Fedor von Bock, commanding general of 2nd Army, became the first commanding general...
Invasion of Poland Army Group South was led by Gerd von Rundstedt and his chief of staff Erich von Manstein. Two years later, Army Group South became one...
Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers...
the Battle of Moscow and was replaced by Field Marshal Günther von Kluge. Günther von Kluge would remain the army group's commander until he was injured...
office Ref. 1 Roques, FranzGeneral of the Infantry FranzvonRoques (1887–1967) 16 March 1941 1 April 1943 2 years, 16 days 2 Roques, FranzGeneral of the...
part of the 18th Motorized Infantry Division. This group was given to FranzvonRoques, then responsible for the rear of Army Group North. The maneuver planned...
the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Commanded by General Karl vonRoques, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group...
Eduard Beit von Speyer [de] and his wife Lucie Speyer. In 1928, she married the physician Kurt Rüdiger vonRoques [de]. In the mid-1930s, von Beit became...
Command (the OKH) and issued by the Wehrmacht High Command (the OKW). General Franz Halder welcomed it, writing that "Troops must participate in the ideological...
prisoners in 1941 were controversial within the Wehrmacht, Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was one of the few high-ranking officials who favored treating Soviet...
to death. He was executed by hanging on 30 January 1946. "HERFF, Eberhard von". www.redcap70.net. Retrieved 2022-05-30. Blood 2006, p. 226. Höhne, Heinz...
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