(1881-11-12)12 November 1881 Dessau, German Empire
Died
27 September 1954(1954-09-27) (aged 72) Bonn, West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch
German Army
Years of service
1900–45
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held
1st Panzer Division XIII Corps 2nd Army Army Group B Army Group F OB Südost
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Stalingrad
Belgrade Offensive
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Signature
Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr[a] von und zu Weichs an der Glon (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field marshal) in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Born into an aristocratic family, Weichs joined the Bavarian cavalry in 1900 and fought in the First World War. At the outbreak of the Second World War he commanded the XIII Corps in the invasion of Poland. He later commanded the 2nd Army during the invasions of France, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.
In August 1942 during Case Blue, the German offensive in southern Russia, he was appointed commander of Army Group B. In 1944, Weichs commanded Army Group F in the Balkans overseeing the German retreat from Greece and most of Yugoslavia. During the Nuremberg Trials, Weichs was implicated in war crimes committed in the Balkans, and was scheduled to take part in the US Army's Hostages Trial. He was removed from the proceeding for "medical reasons" without having been judged or sentenced.
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