Weichs

Maximilian von Weichs

Maximilian von weichs (November 12, 1881 - June 27, 1954, Bonn), whose full name is Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel lamoral Reichs, freiher von weichs Chu glon (German: Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel lamoral reichsfreiherrv on weichszu glon), is a member of the German army and a member of the German army Nazi German Marshal during World War II.

Life of the characters

On November 12, 1881, Wilkes was born in Dessau. His father was the groom of the Duke of Anhalt.

In 1900, Wilkes graduated from high school and joined the army, serving in the Bavarian heavy cavalry regiment in lanchshut.

In 1902, Wilkes was promoted to second lieutenant.

In 1904, Wilkes served as an adjutant of the regiment, and later transferred to a equestrian school.

In 1910, Wilkes entered Bavaria Military Academy for training and was sent to Bavaria's headquarters command center after graduation.

In March 1914, Wilkes was promoted to cavalry captain.

In August 1914, World War I broke out, and Wilkes went to the front with the cavalry division of Bavaria. In October, he was transferred to the fourth cavalry brigade to fight in Lorraine and Flanders.

In May 1915, Wilkes was transferred to the second staff officer of the fifth infantry division, and took part in the fierce battle of shanbini, the positional battle of MAS River and Mosel River, as well as the battle of atua, Flanders and Arras.

In 1918, the German field army retreated to its native land, and Wilkes became the staff officer of the second army command. Since then, he has served as the chief of staff of the third cavalry division and the company commander of the 18th cavalry regiment.

In 1925, Wilkes was promoted to major and became the tactical instructor of Dresden Infantry School.

In 1928, Wilkes was promoted to lieutenant colonel and served as head of the 18th cavalry regiment in Stuttgart.

In 1930, Wilkes served as chief of staff of the first Cavalry Division in Frankfurt and was promoted to colonel in the same year.

In October 1933, Wilkes served as infantry commander of the Third Military Region in Potsdam, and later as division commander of the third cavalry division.

In October 1935, the third Cavalry Division was reorganized into the first armored division of the national defense force, and Wilkes continued to be its division commander.

1936. Vickers was promoted to cavalry general, and was appointed acting commander and commander of the seventh military region (in Munich).

From 1937 to October 1939, Wilkes was the commander of the 13th army in Nuremberg. During this period, he took part in the campaigns of occupying the Soviet Area and Poland.

Main campaign

Battle of France

On June 9, 1940, Vickers took part in the battle of France under the command of the commander of the second group army. During the attacks on Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, his group army was responsible for the protection of the flanks of each group army from the south. At this time, it is deployed on the line of the river ENA. After the battle started, the troops under the command of Vickers broke through the defense of the river enna, regardless of the fierce resistance of the French army, and quickly advanced southward (see the battle of France). On June 17, France asked for surrender, and on June 22, there was a truce. In July, Wilkes was promoted to general.

Balkans Campaign

In April 1941, Hitler was scheduled to use force against Greece and Yugoslavia. The second group army of admiral weix, with one tank Army (composed of two tank divisions and one motorized Division) and three infantry troops (composed of six infantry divisions and one mountain division), was launched in Styria and Hungary on the northern border of Yugoslavia. Its mission was to attack berglad.

On April 10, 1941, the second group army launched an attack. The army quickly crossed the border between nanduanlav and Germany and Hungary. In the process of advancing southward, it cleared the Yugoslavian army in the protruding part of the border north of the Delaware River. The 46th army of German tanks concentrated in Hungary seized a bridge on the Delaware River in Borch area with rapid impact, and established a bridgehead position for future promotion. Under the strong attack of the second group army of Vickers, the fourth and seventh groups of the Yugoslavian army, which was composed of Croats, were panicked and in turmoil. First, the fourth group army, then the seventh group army, began to disintegrate and collectively surrendered to the German Army (only some unwilling troops retreated southeast across the una River). So that on the first day of the attack, Wilkes' troops arrived in Zagreb. The 46th west wing tank army, his second group army, advanced from Borch to Zagreb. At the same time, it opened up a channel between the retreating forces of the Yugoslavian army and the already disintegrated forces. On April 11 and 12, the 46th west wing tank army marched into the area south of the Delaware River and occupied the city. The Yugoslavian commander-in-chief hoped that after the defeat and loss of some areas in Croatia, the Confederate army could hold a line of defense in Kosovo, the Morava River and the Sava River, but this plan could not be realized. According to the order of weikes, a German tank division has been thrust from Zagreb to Sarajevo. The second echelon of the German army has driven the remnants of the Yugoslavian army across the Sava river. The 46th tank army was ordered to turn from the area west of Belgrade to Sarajevo on the evening of April 13, and on April 14, it attacked the flanks and rear of the Yugoslavian sixth group army which occupied the position south to east of Belgrade A far-reaching assault was carried out. To the east of the Morava River, the 12th German group army has also wedged into the formation of the retreating fifth group army of the Yugoslavian army, and the battle is coming to an end. The army of Yugoslavia is in a desperate situation. General simovitch, commander in chief of the army, resigned on the 14th.

On April 15, the 46th tank army of the second group army of weikes arrived in Sarajevo and inserted the area occupied by the retreating army of Yugoslavia from the center. On April 17, the Yugoslavian army surrendered unconditionally under the pressure of the German army's multiple superiority.

In May 1941, the second group army of Wilkes was assigned to the German central group army.

Eastern Front

On June 22, 1941, Wilkes commanded the second group army to take part in the war of invading the Soviet Union. On July 9, the fourth and Ninth Army groups of the German central army group, under the command of Marshal Fedor von Bock, surrounded and annihilated the main western forces of Soviet Marshal Timoshenko near Minsk. On July 10, the second army group, led by general Wilkes, arrived at the Berezina River and transferred all the troops of the former Fourth Army Group. The group army of weix and an army of the German second tank group were given the task of pulling out a big wedge formed by the Soviet Army between the rear of the German central and southern groups. On August 9, the battle started, and the forces under the command of Vickers raided Klinger and Gomery from the first line of bobujisk and kretcher. At the same time, the army of the second tank group also raided Klinger from roslavley. After weeks of fierce fighting, the Soviet troops in these areas were encircled and basically annihilated. In addition to the Soviet troops defending mojiri retreated eastward, the two Soviet army groups composed of 17 infantry divisions, 1 tank division and 5 cavalry divisions became the spoils of weix. He captured 78000 people and seized 144 tanks and 700 guns. Vickers was satisfied with the success of his group army with the support of tank troops, which became the beginning of the Kiev campaign at the end of the month.

At this time, Hitler, who claimed to be the "genius of field commander", increasingly intervened in the command of the army. He ordered the central group army to send as many troops as possible to the south, and required the group army to stick to its original position to resist the Soviet attack. On August 25, the 17th group army and the first group of tanks belonging to the German southern group army group under the command of ronderstadt advanced to the banks of the Dnieper River; the sixth group army surrounded Kiev from the West. Vickers led the second group army to attack south from Gomery and xinjibukov. After more than two weeks of hard fighting, he finally pushed forward to the jesner River and crossed it by force. At the same time, goodrian's vanguard of the second tank group also advanced to Romney area, and the encirclement circle was basically formed. The wekes second army, which crossed the jesna River, continued to March South and close the encirclement. At the same time, other German army groups also carried out a strong offensive. After two weeks of bloody battles, the siege ended on September 26. The German army won a complete victory, annihilated about seven Soviet army groups and captured more than 600000 people.

On October 2, 1941, the central group army captured Moscow according to Hitler's order. Under the command of Wilkes, the second group army joined the campaign and launched an attack together with the fourth group army and the fourth group army of tanks (the new number adopted after the change of the supply system of the fourth group of tanks). After that, it opened a wide and deep breakthrough in the defense of the Soviet Army on both sides of roslavli. Vickers made a fierce assault on the Soviet troops defending both sides of Bryansk from the west, and together with the second group army of tanks, which circuited back to the Soviet rear from the East, surrounded the Soviet troops in the area on October 14. However, the result was not as big as weikes expected. In the fierce anti attack, some of the Soviet troops broke out from the weak points of the German army. Only the besieged Soviet troops in the north and South surrendered on October 17 and 20 respectively after many failed attempts to break through the encirclement. This achievement is enough for the imperial propaganda minister Goebbels to exaggerate. In addition to the victory of encirclement and annihilation in vyazima, Goebbels claimed that "the end of the war"