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hostages and partisans to battle conditions and military necessity. Addressing the criminal orders that Leeb and other defendants had passed on, Laternser claimed that Leeb was a humane soldier who had neither seen nor transmitted such orders and had no opportunity to countermand them. He claimed that Leeb knew nothing of the activities of the
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fell on 28 August. Units under Leeb's command engaged in widespread plunder of foodstuffs as they advanced. Excessive looting prompted Leeb to issue orders in an attempt to limit looting and destruction of property because they would impede the exploitation of the conquered lands. Leeb's order of 16
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and its criminal application by subordinate units. He was sentenced to time served and was released after trial. The sentence was lighter than those of other convicted defendants. The judgement stated, "No criminal order has been introduced that bears his signature or stamp of his approval". After
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acted as the de facto lead defence counsel and often represented other parties in matters of procedure. He defended the "decency" of the German officer corps and asserted that it had displayed respect for the laws of war. The defence attributed the actions of the German military against civilians,
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the 1940 offensive through the neutral Low
Countries and wrote, "The whole world will turn against Germany, which for the second time within 25 years assaults neutral Belgium! Germany, whose government solemnly vouched for and promised the preservation of and respect for this neutrality only a few
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and indicated that in addition to his estate at Solln on the outskirts of Munich, he wanted an estate in the countryside. Hitler promptly presented him with one at
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August 1941 stated that "the start-up work of the economic authorities is being rendered impossible by the senseless 'organisations' of the troops".
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Boog, Horst; Förster, Jürgen; Hoffmann, Joachim; Klink, Ernst; Müller, Rolf-Dieter; Ueberschär, Gerd R., eds. (1998). "The Army and the Navy".
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strong opposition around Luga. Leeb's forces were able to take
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613:on 1 November 1939. He opposed the plans for the
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1615:(in German). Grafenau, Germany: Samples Verlag.
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398:(5 September 1876 – 29 April 1956) was a German
1783:High Command Trial, Judgment of 27 October 1948
1595:]. Rattstatt, Germany: Erich Pabel Verlag.
729:, Hitler's aide responsible for the disbursing
1704:The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939–1945
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492:bribery scheme for senior Wehrmacht officers
2589:Knights of the Military Order of Max Joseph
1734:. Cambridge, MS: Harvard University Press.
1456:. Toronto: Hushion House. pp. 96–137.
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1659:The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1636:The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945
1508:The Destruction of the European Jews
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931:Leeb was tried by the United States
712:. In late June and early July 1941,
569:After the war, Leeb remained in the
418:, who was subsequently convicted of
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1750:"Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb 1876–1956"
1593:The German Field Marshals 1935–1945
622:. Leeb was promoted to the rank of
518:as Wilhelm Josef Franz Leeb into a
396:Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb
2559:Generals of Artillery (Reichswehr)
1662:. New York: Simon & Schuster.
534:and served on the General Staff.
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1825:1 February 1930 – 1 October 1933
1538:; Wilhelm, Hans-Heinrich (1981).
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1389:Germany and the Second World War
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1852:20 June 1941 – 17 January 1942
1632:Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945
648:The 1940 Field Marshal Ceremony
538:World War I and interwar period
461:towards Leningrad (present day
554:, the capture of the fortress
1:
2604:People from Landsberg am Lech
1759:Deutsches Historisches Museum
908:(regional Nazi Party leader)
589:occupation of the Sudetenland
1566:Inside Hitler's High Command
1432:: Attack on the Soviet Union
1391:: Attack on the Soviet Union
1142:Krausnick & Wilhelm 1981
676:) against the Soviet Union.
660:, Leeb was given command of
640:Invasion of the Soviet Union
560:Military Order of Max Joseph
424:Military Order of Max Joseph
306:Military Order of Max Joseph
2417:Subsequent Nuremberg trials
1792:20th Century Press Archives
731:secret extra-legal payments
630:1940 Field Marshal Ceremony
522:family. Wilhelm joined the
500:Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
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1570:University Press of Kansas
1484:University Press of Kansas
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943:. Leeb's defence attorney
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894:in 1942, Leeb turned to
552:Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive
467:laying siege to the city
57:Wilhelm Josef Franz Leeb
2508:Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
2272:Crimes against humanity
2115:Robert Ritter von Greim
2047:Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
2017:Walther von Brauchitsch
1811:General der Infanterie
1630:Scherzer, Veit (2007).
773:Oberkommando des Heeres
744:Franz Walter Stahlecker
725:In early July, General
362:Crimes against humanity
185:German Army (Wehrmacht)
36:Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
2432:Command responsibility
2257:(Lead Defence Counsel)
2130:Wolfram von Richthofen
1813:Adolf Ritter von Ruith
1587:Moll, Otto E. (1961).
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2277:Crimes against peace
2072:Walter von Reichenau
1980:Generalfeldmarschall
1914:Marshal of the Reich
1482:. Lawrence, Kansas:
1288:, pp. 146, 149.
916:Trial and conviction
754:Advance on Leningrad
654:Operation Barbarossa
632:and was awarded the
625:Generalfeldmarschall
532:Bavarian War Academy
443:Operation Barbarossa
401:Generalfeldmarschall
282:Advance on Leningrad
272:Operation Barbarossa
211:Generalfeldmarschall
2397:Johannes Blaskowitz
2282:Criminal conspiracy
2097:Erwin von Witzleben
1999:Werner von Blomberg
1700:Stargardt, Nicholas
1425:Ueberschär, Gerd R.
1421:MĂĽller, Rolf-Dieter
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746:, the commander of
670:war of annihilation
542:At the outbreak of
344:Criminal conviction
2614:Siege of Leningrad
2310:Karl-Adolf Hollidt
2223:High Command Trial
2087:Ferdinand Schörner
2082:Gerd von Rundstedt
2057:Erich von Manstein
1654:Shirer, William L.
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1717:978-0-465-01899-4
1691:978-1-107-08760-6
1669:978-0-671-62420-0
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1622:978-3-938401-32-3
1579:978-0-7006-1015-0
1553:978-3-421-01987-5
1536:Krausnick, Helmut
1493:978-0-7006-1698-5
1463:978-1-58046-173-3
1454:Corrupt Histories
1441:978-0-19-822886-8
1400:978-0-19-822886-8
1216:, pp. 46–47.
970:Barbarossa Decree
933:military tribunal
864:Georg von KĂĽchler
859:Sicherheitsdienst
838:Georg von KĂĽchler
782:Army Group Centre
766:in September 1941
674:Vernichtungskrieg
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504:Barbarossa Decree
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1708:Basic Books
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