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Philipp Kleffel

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Philipp Kleffel (9 December 1887 – 10 October 1964) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. [1]

27 relations: Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine, Arnold Burmeister, Battle of Belgium, Battle of France, Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann, Günther Blumentritt, General (Germany), Generalleutnant, Georg Lindemann, German Army (Wehrmacht), German Cross, Herbert von Böckmann, Iron Cross, Joachim von Kortzfleisch, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, L Army Corps (Wehrmacht), Liberation of Arnhem, Martin Grase, Nazi Germany, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, Wilhelm Wegener, World War I, World War II, XVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht), 1st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), 25th Army (Wehrmacht).

Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine

The Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine was a phase in the Western European Campaign of World War II.

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Arnold Burmeister

Arnold Hans Albert Burmeister (28 February 1899 – 2 July 1988) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 25th Panzergrenadier Division.

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Battle of Belgium

The Battle of Belgium or Belgian Campaign, often referred to within Belgium as the 18 Days' Campaign (Campagne des 18 jours, Achttiendaagse Veldtocht), formed part of the greater Battle of France, an offensive campaign by Germany during the Second World War.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War.

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Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann

Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann (22 January 1889 – 26 January 1975) was a German general during World War II who held several divisional and corps level commands.

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Günther Blumentritt

Günther Blumentritt (10 February 1892 – 12 October 1967) was an officer in World War I, who became a Staff Officer under the Weimar Republic and went on to serve as a general for Nazi Germany during World War II.

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General (Germany)

General is the highest rank of the German Army and German Air Force.

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Generalleutnant

Generalleutnant, short GenLt, (lieutenant general) is the second highest general officer rank in the German Army (Heer) and the German Air Force (Luftwaffe).

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Georg Lindemann

Georg Lindemann (8 March 1884 – 25 September 1963) was a German general during World War II.

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German Army (Wehrmacht)

The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it was demobilized and later dissolved in August 1946.

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German Cross

The German Cross (Deutsches Kreuz) was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941.

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Herbert von Böckmann

Herbert von Böckmann (24 July 1886 – 3 March 1974) was a German general during World War II who commanded the L Army Corps.

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Iron Cross

The Iron Cross (abbreviated EK) is a former military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).

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Joachim von Kortzfleisch

Joachim von Kortzfleisch (3 January 1890 – 20 April 1945) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz), and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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L Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

L Army Corps (L. Armeekorps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

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Liberation of Arnhem

Operation Anger (sometimes known as Operation Quick Anger), was a military operation to seize the city of Arnhem in April 1945, during the closing stages of the Second World War.

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Martin Grase

Martin Grase (3 May 1891 – 3 August 1963) was a German general during World War II.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, which started on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad (also known as the Leningrad Blockade (Блокада Ленинграда, transliteration: Blokada Leningrada) and the 900-Day Siege) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Finnish Army in the north, against Leningrad, historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg, in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II.

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Wilhelm Wegener

Wilhelm Wegener (29 April 1895 – 24 September 1944) was a German general of infantry, serving during World War II.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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XVI Army Corps (Wehrmacht)

The XVI Army Corps (16th Corps) was a corps in the German Army during World War II.

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1st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

The German 1st Infantry Division, (1.), was one of the original infantry divisions of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht and served throughout World War II.

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25th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 25th Army (German: 25. Armee) was a World War II field army of the German Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Kleffel

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