the war, Roques was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in the High Command Trial. He died in 1949 while serving his sentence. Karl von Roques was born...
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March 1941, Roques was appointed commander of Army Group North Rear Area; he assumed the post in July 1941. Notably, his cousin Karl von Roques served as...
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the war tried and executed for war crimes. Army Group South Rear Area Von Roques was convicted of war crimes at the High Command Trial held at Nuremburg...
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the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Commanded by General Karl von Roques, it was an area of military jurisdiction behind Wehrmacht's Army Group...
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Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski (born Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski; 1 March 1899 – 8 March 1972) was a high-ranking SS commander of...
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which in turn had been activated just a few days prior, on 26 August. Fedor von Bock, commanding general of 2nd Army, became the first commanding general...
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Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz (German pronunciation: [ˌkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊ̯zəvɪt͡s] ; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian general...
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Wehrmacht officers, including Hermann Hoth, Georg von Küchler, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Karl von Roques, Walter Warlimont and others, were convicted of war...
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invasion of Poland, Army Group South was led by Gerd von Rundstedt and his chief of staff Erich von Manstein. Two years later, Army Group South became one...
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(1855–1935) Enno von Rintelen (1891–1971) Edgar Röhricht (1892–1967) Karl von Roques (1880–1949) Ernst von Rüchel (1754–1823) Benignus von Safferling (1824–1899)...
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