The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist

von Kleist, Ewald

Field Marshal

* 8th of August 1881

† 16th of October 1954

Service

1931-XX-XX 1932-XX-XX Commanding Officer 9th Regiment
1932-XX-XX 1935-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 2nd Cavalry Division
1935-XX-XX 1938-XX-XX General Officer Commanding VIII Corps
1938-XX-XX Retired
1939-XX-XX Recalled
1939-XX-XX 1940-XX-XX General Officer Commanding XXII Corps, Poland
1940-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Panzer Group Kleist, France-Yugoslavia
1941-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Group, Eastern Front
1941-XX-XX 1942-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Panzer Army, Eastern Front
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Commander in Chief Army Group A, Eastern Front
1943-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Commander in Chief Army Group South Ukraine, Eastern Front
1944-XX-XX Retired
1945-XX-XX 1954-XX-XX Prisoner of War