Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Military person
Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb (5 September 1876 – 29 April 1956) was a German field marshal of the Second World War, during which his younger brother, Emil Leeb, rose to the rank of General der Artillerie. In 1940, after the Fall of France, Leeb was promoted to field marshal during the 1940 Field Marshal Ceremony.
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| allegiance | * * (to 1918) * Weimar Republic (to 1933) |
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| service start | 1895 |
| service end | 1895 |