Ernst Busch (field marshal), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German field marshal
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Place of Birth: Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Ernst Busch (field marshal)
- Ernst Bernhard Wilhelm Busch (6 July 1885 – 17 July 1945) was a German field marshal during World War II who commanded the 16th Army and later Army Group Centre.
- During World War I, Busch served as an infantry officer and was retained in the postwar army of the Weimar Republic.
- He steadily rose in seniority and by 1936 was a general and commander of the 23rd Infantry Division.
- During the invasion of Poland, he commanded VIII Army Corps.
- In 1940, he was appointed commander of the 16th Army; he led it during the 1940 Battle of France and Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union.
- By October 1943, Busch was a field marshal and commander of Army Group Centre.
- He was dismissed in June 1944 after the collapse of his command during the Red Army's Operation Bagration.
- He was later the commander of Army Group Northwest in the final months of the war and died as a prisoner of war in England.
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