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Fritz Erich von

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Born on November 24, 2017 in Berlin, Germany..com

He entered the Berlin Military Academy in 1913.

Participated in World War I from 1914 to 191.

In September 1939, he served as chief of staff of the German Southern Army Group and participated in the Battle of Poland.

In February 1940, he became the commander of the 3rd German Army and formulated a plan to invade France.

In June 1941, he served as the commander of the 56th German Armored Army and invaded the Soviet Union.

In July 1942, he captured the Sevastopol Fortress and was promoted to the battlefield marshal.

In 1942, commanded the attack on Leningrad.

In November 1942, he served as commander of the German Don Army Group and commanded the rescue of the 6th Army surrounded in Stalingrad.

From February to March 1943, he commanded the German Southern Army Group to launch a Kharkov counterattack; in July, he participated in the Battle of Kursk.

In March 1944, he was dismissed by Hitler.

In May 1945, he was arrested by the British army.

On June 11, 1973, he died in Bavaria, West Germany.

&;226;17-1940

On November 24, 2017, Erich von Lewinsky was born in Berlin, Germany. His father was a nobleman from West Prussia, an artillery general. Erich von Lewinsky was his 10th child. Soon, Erich von Lewinsky was adopted by his uncle's house and was renamed Fritz Erich von . began his military career in 1906. He first served as an intern officer of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Guards, and one year later, he was officially promoted to second lieutenant. In 1913, was elected to be sent.

He studied at the Berlin Military Academy. In 1914, he was promoted to lieutenant. In the same year, returned to the 3rd Guard Infantry Regiment, and soon served as an adjutant of the 2nd Guard Reserve Regiment. After the outbreak of World War I, participated in the war on the Western Front and the Russian front. He was injured while on the front line and was soon sent to the General Staff of the Army as a staff officer, and then participated in the German attack on northern Poland. Later, he returned to the Western Front as the chief of the Cavalry Operations Section and the Chief of the Infantry Division. In 1915, was promoted to lieutenant.

After the war in 191, served as a staff officer in a German committee dedicated to reorganizing the army, and served as company commander in 1920. In 1927, was promoted to the rank of major. In 1929, he changed to work in the First Office of the General Staff of the German Ministry of Defense. In the early 20s, married the daughter of a military family of Linz, and his eldest son was born in 1922. In the 20s

Later, visited some European countries' armored forces and gained a lot of experience and information. In 1932, was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1933. At the same time, the Nazis led by Hitler gradually grasped the political situation in Germany and began to expand their military preparations. In 1935, was transferred to work in the General Staff of the German Army. In October 1936, he was promoted to major general and served as Germany.

The First Minister of the Army Staff Headquarters was soon promoted to Chief Deputy Chief of Staff of the German Army Headquarters, and began to directly contact the senior decision-making bodies of the German ** world. In April 193, served as the head of the 1st Infantry Division of Ligniz. On April 1, 1939, was promoted to Lieutenant General. In 1939, began to serve as Chief of Staff of the German Southern Army Group commanded by General Leinster.

.In September 1939, Germany launched a surprise attack on Poland. Under the planning of , the German Southern Army Group continuously encircled and annihilated the main force of the Polish army. Soon the German army surrounded Warsaw, the capital of Poland. suggested that the German army use artillery and air force bombing and cut off water and food to attack Warsaw to force Poland to surrender. On September 2, the Polish army surrendered across the board. The German Southern Army Group where was located had only more than 30,000 casualties.

After the Battle of Poland, developed a plan to invade France because of the German army, which was the famous " Plan". On February 1, 1940, became the commander of the 3rd German Army. 's plan fully demonstrated the idea of ​​blitzkrieg and his unique personal creativity. According to his idea, the German army would concentrate on using armored troops to cross the Arden forest, then quickly occupy the bridgehead of the Mas River, and attack eastward to detour the Maginot Line.

The French army cut off the north. At the beginning, 's plan was not adopted by the German Supreme Command, but this plan attracted Hitler's attention. On February 7, the plan was accepted. During the French Battle, the German armored torrents swept down, and the coalition forces collapsed across the board. British troops hurriedly retreated from Dunkirk to Britain, and soon France fell. was promoted to general, and was awarded the Knights' Order for his plan to win the French Battle.

&;226;1941-1944

In February 1941, became the commander of the newly formed 56th Armored Army of the German Army, preparing to invade the Soviet Union. From June 22 to 26, 1941, the Soviet-German War broke out. 's army reached 320 kilometers deep into the Soviet Union, captured the bridge of the Dona River, and almost rushed into Leningrad. On September 1213, was appointed as the commander of the 11th Army of the Crimea German Army on the southern front.

The German Southern Army Group commanded by Yulenster. His army successfully advanced southward into Crimea, capturing 430,000 Soviet soldiers. By November 16, the entire Crimea except for the Sevastopol Fortress was completely occupied. In winter, withstood the Soviet counterattack and continued to advance southward. On July 1, 1942, 's troops occupied the Sevastopol Fortress, on the same day

was promoted to the German battlefield marshal. In late July, the 11th Army was transferred to the northern line to join the Northern Army Group. In 1942, was responsible for commanding the German attack on Leningrad. In November, served as the newly formed German Don Army Group, including the 4th Armored Army of Hoth, Paulus's 6th Army and the 3rd Romanian Army. Among them, the entire 6th Army and part of the 4th Armored Army of the Army were surrounded in Stalingrad. 's mission was to rescue these trapped troops. launched an attack on December 12, and by December 24, the German army was only 50 kilometers away from Stalingrad. However, due to the Soviet army's strong counterattack forces and careful planning, 's Don Army of the Army of the River was ruthlessly blocked and forced to retreat 200 kilometers.

In February 1943, was appointed commander of the German Southern Army Group, including the Don River Army Group and the Army Group, and re-occupied Kharkov and Belgorod in the subsequent Kharkov counterattack campaign. This was also the most successful counterattack campaign of the German army in World War II. On March 14, 1943, was awarded the Oak Leaf Knight Medal. Based on his own experience, planned a plan for the German upcoming summer offensive, but it was not accepted. The Battle of Kursk from July to month 1943 was called "Operation Fortress". The German Southern Army Group successfully cut into the Soviet army's depth for nearly 40 kilometers at the beginning. In the end, the 4th Armored Army was no longer able to advance northward. During this period, the largest tank battle broke out on the southern front, Hauser

The 2nd SS Panzer Army encountered the 5th Guards Army under the command of Lieutenant General Rotmistov of the Soviet Army in Prokorovka, and the German army suffered heavy losses. After the Battle of Kursk, 's Southern Army Group retreated step by step under the sharp counterattack of the Soviet army. In September, 's troops retreated across the Dnieper River, but the pursuing Soviet army was also severely damaged. From October 1943 to 1944

In the month, temporarily stabilized the front line. In late January 1944, the Soviet army's more fierce attack forced the German army to retreat westward. In mid-February 1944, defied Hitler's order to allow more than 56,000 people from about 6 divisions of the 11th and 42nd Army to break through the "Chelkaser Pocket". Finally, Hitler accepted the fait accompli and ordered the German troops to withdraw from the "Chelkaser Pocket".

&;226;1944-1973

On March 30, 1944, , who had repeatedly argued with Hitler on the Eastern Front, was dismissed. On the same day, was awarded the Knight of Oak Leaf Sword. After dismissal, went home to recuperate. Although he was not involved in the assassination of Hitler, still felt the threat. In January 1945, he evacuated his family everywhere. In May 1945, was arrested by the British army and sent to prison camps to be detained, and later transferred to Nuremberg. In the autumn of 1946, he was transferred to the German high in the United Kingdom.

He was sentenced to one year in prison during the trial of war criminals in 1949, but was released in 1952 due to health. In 1955, he published his war memoirs - "The Lost Victory" and "The Life Year of the Soldier in 1955. served as an advisor to a federal German organization, and worked with the Western enemies of Germany during the war to deal with the Soviet threat. On June 11, 1973, died in Bavaria, West Germany at the age of 6.

General comment: The British believed that was born into a noble family and received a good military education. He was an excellent staff officer in his early years. He had his own relatively mature concepts of tactics, battles and strategies. Because he participated in the formulation of complete combat plans such as attacking France, it is reasonable to enjoy the reputation of a "great strategist" in Germany, but in addition to this, his contribution to strategy and military thought was not eye-catching. During World War I, only obtained limited combat experience. In essence, he was always an infantryman, so in a period of great development of military technology such as World War II, the only contribution he could make was "assault guns". It is worth studying that from 19

From December 1942 to March 1944, conducted 15 months of hard fighting. The Southern Army Group he commanded retreated from the Don River grassland to Galicia and still maintained relatively complete combat effectiveness. It was indeed a miracle. Therefore, among all the senior German generals, was the most accomplished field commander, but this "most accomplished" cannot be understood as the only one, because he was probably in the same level as Guderian, Hoss, and Liles. "China-** Encyclopedia" believes that he is good at using armored troops in concentrated use, emphasizing quick battles and quick victory. Americans believe that is the best commander of the German field force in World War II.

Fritzerivntein fritzerivnntein, 17-1973, was born in the Lewinsky family in Berlin on November 24, 2017. His biological father, Edward von Lewinsky, was the artillery general, was once the commander of the army. Fritz changed his surname to because he adopted his uncle Lieutenant General . Marshal Hindenburg was his uncle.

first received general education in Strasbourg, and then was trained in several military academies. In 1906, he served in the 3rd Prussian Guards Infantry Regiment and won the rank of lieutenant the following year. He studied at the Military Academy from 1913 to 1914. When World War I broke out, he served as a lieutenant of the 2nd Guards Reserve Regiment. During the war, he fought in Belgium, East Prussia and Poland successively. He served as an adjutant, staff officer, cavalry division commander and combat section chief of the infantry division, and received the first-class Iron Cross and the Hohenzollern Royal Medal. After the war, he served as company commander, battalion commander and various staff positions in the National Defense Forces restricted by the Versailles Treaty.

Influenced by the Prussian military tradition, once expressed dissatisfaction with the Nazi Party's intervention in military affairs. Later, he was implicated by the Fritic incident in early February 193 and was transferred to the position of deputy chief of staff and transferred to the commander of the 1st Infantry Division of Leipzig. In September 193, he served as the chief of staff of the 12th Army commanded by Loeb during the German invasion of Czechoslovakia.

In September 1939, Germany implemented the "White Plan" and blitzed Poland. served as the commander of the German Southern Army Group in the Polish War as the chief of staff of the Longdested Command. In October, was transferred to the commander of the newly formed army group on the Western Front as the chief of staff of the Longdested Command. After the end of the Polish War, Hitler began to plan an attack on Western European countries. On October 19 and 29, 1939, the Army General Command formulated the "yellow plan" issued in accordance with the Hitler's orders on October 9.

After deeply studying the content of the Yellow Plan and comprehensively analyzing the situation of both sides of the war, believed that the Yellow Plan was suspected of imitating the "Schliffen Plan" and it was difficult to win by surprise. Therefore, he advocated that the goal of the Western Front offensive should be to seek a decisive battle on land; the focus of the attack should be on the army group rather than on the army group B. The army group should carry out the main attack from the Ardennes area where the terrain is complex but can unexpectedly attack the enemy, and lead the division directly to the lower reaches of the Somme River, so that the Belgian alliance can be wiped out.

The army was on the right wing and laid the foundation for winning the final victory in France; the army group's strength should be increased from 2 armies to 3 armies, and a powerful armored force was also needed. This is the key to the famous " Plan". 's claim was approved by the commander of the army group Longdestedt. From October 1939 to January 1940, the army group headquarters made suggestions to the Army General Command six times in the form of memorandum, but it was not approved.

Perhaps it was the Army General Command that was tired of 's repeated requests to change the combat plan. On January 27, 1940, was ordered to leave the Army Group Command and serve as the commander of the newly formed 3rd Army. However, felt fortunate that with the help of Hitler's adjutant Schmont, he was able to express his opinions to Hitler in person on February 17 and obtained Hitler's full agreement. On February 20, the Army General Command issued a combat plan containing 's suggestion. As a result, the German army swept across Western European countries within 6 weeks after the war began and defeated the Allies.

Starting from June 5, 1940.

led his troops to attack, quickly crossing the Somme and Seine, and reaching the Loire. Even the German armored troops were surprised by such a rapid attack. In June, was promoted to a second-level infantry general. In July, he received the Knight Cross.

June 22, 1941



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