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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 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 ...
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
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.
[9] [10] The remainder of the Polish territory was either annexed by the Soviet Union (201,000 km 2 [2] or 51.6% [2] of pre-war Poland as per the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact) or made into the German-controlled General Government occupation zone (95,500 km 2 [2] or 24.5% [2] of pre-war Poland).
His chief of staff was General Erich von Manstein, his chief of operations Colonel Günther Blumentritt. His principal field commanders would be (from west to east as they entered Poland) General Johannes Blaskowitz (8th Army), General Walther von Reichenau (10th Army), and General Wilhelm List (14 Army). [citation needed]
The Szczucin massacre, which occurred on September 12, 1939, in the village of Szczucin, was a war crime committed by the Wehrmacht during its invasion of Poland.On that day, at least 40 Polish prisoners of war and around 30 civilian refugees were either shot or burned alive in the local school building.