Erwin von Witzleben

Erwin von Witzleben
Erwin von Witzleben
	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 Kingdom of Prussia (1901-1918); Weimar Republic (1918-1933); Nazi Germany (1933-1944); German resistance (1944)
Service/branch	Imperial German Army Prussian Army; Reichsheer; Wehrmacht (Heer)
Years of service	1901–1944
Rank	Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held	1st Army; OB West
Battles/wars	First World War Battle of Verdun; Battle of Champagne; Second World War Saar Offensive; Battle of France;
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, he was designated to become Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht in a post-Nazi regime had the plot succeeded.

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