Maximilian von Weichs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II
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Place of Birth: Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Maximilian von Weichs
- Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glon (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954) was a field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
- Born into an aristocratic family, Weichs joined the Bavarian cavalry in 1900 and fought in the First World War.
- At the outbreak of the Second World War he commanded the XIII Corps in the invasion of Poland.
- He later commanded the 2nd Army during the invasions of France, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.
- In August 1942 during Case Blue, the German offensive in southern Russia, he was appointed commander of Army Group B.
- In 1944, Weichs commanded Army Group F in the Balkans overseeing the German retreat from Greece and most of Yugoslavia.
- During the Nuremberg Trials, Weichs was implicated in war crimes committed in the Balkans and was scheduled to take part in the US Army's Hostages Trial.
- He was removed from the proceeding for "medical reasons" without having been judged or sentenced.
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