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Wilhelm List (14 May 1880 – 17 August 1971) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) during World War II who was convicted of war crimes by a US Army tribunal after the war. List commanded the 14th Army in the invasion of Poland and the 12th Army in the invasions of France, Yugoslavia and Greece. In 1941 he commanded the German ...
14th Army troops in the Anzio battle. The 14th Army was reactivated for the defence of Italy in late 1943 when its headquarters was created using the headquarters personnel of Army Group B which had been abolished when Albert Kesselring was given command of all Axis troops in Italy. 14th Army was initially responsible for the defence of Rome and dealing with any amphibious landings the Allies ...
The General Government (German: Generalgouvernement; Polish: Generalne Gubernatorstwo; Ukrainian: Генеральна губернія), formally the General Governorate for the Occupied Polish Region (German: Generalgouvernement für die besetzten polnischen Gebiete), was a German zone of occupation established after the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Slovakia and the Soviet Union in ...
General der Artillerie z.V. Wilhelm Ulex 24. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Friedrich Olbricht) Infanterie-Regiment 31, 32, 102 Artillerie-Regiment 24 XIII. Armeekorps General der Kavallerie Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glon 10. Infanterie-Division (Generalleutnant Conrad von Cochenhausen) Infanterie-Regiment 20, 41, 85
On 3 October 1939, the military districts centered on and named "Lodz" and "Krakau" were set up under command of major generals Gerd von Rundstedt and Wilhelm List, and Hitler appointed Hans Frank and Arthur Seyß-Inquart as civil heads, respectively. [14]
The following is a list of Polish generals, that is the people who held the rank of general, ... Note that until the Partitions of Poland of late 18th century the ...
The 12th Army was activated on October 13, 1939, with General Wilhelm List in command. [1] First seeing defensive action along the Siegfried Line, the army was part of Rundstedt's Army Group A responsible for the Ardennes offensive. It had under its command seven infantry divisions and one mountain division in May 1940.
General Dąb-Biernacki ordered his officers to capitulate, escaped the encirclement, and left Poland, ending up in France. General Przedrzymirski refused to obey the order, and on 24 September attacked Krasnobród, but then was stopped by 8th Jager Division. Most of the remaining Polish forces capitulated around 26 September.