Erwin von Witzleben | |
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 Field Marshal von Witzleben in 1940 or 1941 | |
| Born | 4 December 1881 Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (present-day Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland) |
| Died | 8 August 1944 (aged 62) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire
 Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1944) German resistance (1944) |
| Service | Imperial German Army
Reichsheer Wehrmacht (Heer) |
| Years of service | 1901–1944 |
| Rank |  Generalfeldmarschall |
| Commands | 1st Army OB West |
| Battles / wars | First World War
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler,[1] he was designated to become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht in a post-Nazi regime had the plot succeeded.
- ^ Exponat: Photo: Witzleben, Erwin von, 1941–1944 Archived 2014-08-05 at the Wayback Machine at www.dhm.de