Emil Leeb
| Emil Leeb | |
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Leeb mid of picture, handshaking with Fritz Todt
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| Born |
17 June 1881 Passau |
| Died | 8 September 1969 (aged 88) Munich |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1901–45 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Commander of Military District XI; Chief of the Heereswaffenamt |
| Battles/wars | First World War; Lorraine, Northern France, Galicia, Carpathia, Flanders, and Withdrawal from Northern France |
Emil Leeb (17 June 1881 – 8 September 1969) was a Bavarian-German general who saw active service during both World Wars. His older brother, who became Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, had the knightly rank of "Ritter" and the nobiliary particle of "von", not by birth, but thanks to the conferment of the Bavarian Military Order of Max Joseph and a patent of nobility. Hence, the older brother had “von” between his names, but the younger brother did not.
Leeb entered Army service on 7 July 1901. After being promoted to Leutnant (junior lieutenant) on 9 March 1903 he served in the 4th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment König (7 July 1901 – 2 June 1914). During this period he attended the War School in Munich, the Bavarian Artillery & Engineer School, and then the Bavarian War Academy. He was promoted to Oberleutnant (senior lieutenant) on 26 October 1911 and then to Hauptmann (captain) on 1 June 1915.
Several months before the outbreak of the First World War, Leeb became adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (2 June 1914 – 4 March 1915), then served as an adjutant for several months in the 10th Bavarian Infantry Division (4 March 1915 – 11 May 1915), before becoming its second General Staff officer (11 May 1915 – 1 June 1917). He was promoted to Hauptmann (Captain) on 1 June 1915. He then transferred to the General staff in the XVth Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps (13 August 1917 – 24 December 1917). After a brief posting to the staff of the Artillery Survey School at Wahn (12 November 1917 – 17 November 1917), he was assigned to the Army Artillery Firing School at Bitsch (24 December 1917 – 1 March 1918), before transferring back to the General Staff of the XVth Reserve Corps (1 March 1918 – 19 May 1918). Once again he was briefly detached to the staff of the Army Artillery Firing School at Bitsch (19 May 1918 – 22 August 1918) before transferring back into the General Staff of the XVth Reserve Corps (22 August 1918 – 5 October 1918). For the last month of the war he became the first General Staff Officer of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry Division (5 October 1918 – 1 January 1919), and participated in battles around Lorraine, Northern France, Galicia, the Carpathian Mountains, Flanders and the German withdrawal from Northern France.
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