Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
Leo Reichsfreiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg | |
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Birth name | Leo Dietrich Franz Reichsfreiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg |
Born | Potsdam, German Empire | 2 March 1886
Died | 27 January 1974 Irschenhausen, West Germany | (aged 87)
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Wehrmacht |
Rank | General der Panzertruppe |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Leo Dietrich Franz Reichsfreiherr[1] Geyr von Schweppenburg (2 March 1886 – 27 January 1974) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II, noted for his pioneering stance and expertise in the field of armoured warfare.[2][3] He commanded the
Early life and career
World War II
From 1 September – 7 October 1939 Geyr commanded the 3rd Panzer Division during the
From 21 July 1942, taking over from the court-martialed
In the spring of 1943
The
On 10 June 1944,
Geyr’s reinforced tank units managed to prevent the British advance for another month, but he was nevertheless relieved of his command on 2 July, after seconding Rundstedt’s request that Hitler authorize a strategic withdrawal from Caen.
Post-war
Between 1945 and 1947, Geyr was in
Works and memoirs
- Pz Gp. West: Report of the Commander (1947)
- Erinnerungen eines Militarattachés: London 1933–1937 (Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1949)
- Die Verteidigung des Westens (Frankfurt: Verlag Friedrich Rudl, 1952)
- Die große Frage (Bernard & Graefe, 1952)
- The Critical Years, with foreword by Leslie Hore-Belisha (London: Allan Wingate, 1952)
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as General der Panzertruppe and commander of XXIV. Armeekorps (motorized)[9]
References
Citations
- title of nobility, usually translated as Baron of the Empire. Freiherr is a title usually translated as Baron, and Reich is usually translated as Empire. The female forms are Reichsfreifrau and Reichsfreiin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were not created after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.
- ISBN 9781448207718. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- ^
ISBN 9781442626553. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- ISBN 978-1-4683-0906-5.
- ^ "Militärattachés". Bundesarchiv (in German). Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ^ "Orders of Battle – Heer Divisions including Heavy Panzer Battalions". Historical Society of German Military History. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- ^ Deutsch, Harold C. (1968). The Conspiracy Against Hitler in the Twilight War. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 217–218.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-107-08760-6.
- ^ a b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 195.
- ^ a b Glantz & House 2009, p. 25.
- ^ a b "Leo Geyr von Schwepenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.
- ISBN 9780160899386. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ISBN 9781472800121. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ISBN 9780786746804. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ^ Kienle 2005.
- ^ Wette 2007, p. 122.
- ^ "Sage mir, wo die Soldaten sind ..." (in German). Bundesheer. 2005. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
- ^ "Anais Freifrau Geyr von Schweppenburg". Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Limburg an der Lahn: C. A. Starke. 1982. p. 88.
- ^ "Geyr von Schweppenburg". Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Limburg an der Lahn: C. A. Starke. 1967. p. 244.
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Bibliography
- Peter Caddick-Adams (24 September 2013). Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives. Overlook. pp. 220–221. ISBN 978-1-4683-0906-5.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Glantz, David M.; House, Jonathan (2009). To the Gates of Stalingrad: Soviet-German Combat Operations, April-August 1942. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700616305.
- Kienle, Polly (2005). "Still Fighting for the Myth: German Wehrmacht Officers' Reports for the U.S. Historical Division". H-net.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.
- Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the Debate on Rearmament, 1949–1959. Westport, CT: ISBN 978-0-275-97968-3.
- ISBN 9780674025776.