Philipp Kleffel

WWII military general officer of Nazi Germany

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Philipp Kleffel
Born	9 December 1887 Birkenfelde
Died	10 October 1964(1964-10-10) (aged 76) Coburg
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1905–45
Rank	General der Kavallerie
Commands held	1. Infanterie-Division L. Armeekorps XVI. Armeekorps XXX. Armeekorps 25. Armee
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Philipp Kleffel (9 December 1887 – 10 October 1964) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

For 10 days, Kleffel served as the last commander of the short-lived 25th Army in the Netherlands, until it was converted on 7 April 1945 to the Netherlands High Command (Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande), under Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz. Kleffell was part of the general staff when Blaskowitz surrendered OB Niederlande to I Canadian Corps' Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes at Wageningen on 6 May 1945, effectively ending the war in the Netherlands.^[1]

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 February 1942 as Generalleutnant and commander of 1. Infanterie-Division^[2]

References

Citations

^ Axis history
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 209.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. 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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Joachim von Kortzfleisch	Commander of 1. Infanterie-Division 14 April 1940 - 12 July 1941	Succeeded by Generalmajor Dr. Friedrich Altrichter
Preceded by Generalmajor Dr. Friedrich Altrichter	Commander of 1. Infanterie-Division 4 September 1941 - 16 January 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Martin Grase
Preceded by General der Kavallerie Georg Lindemann	Commander of L. Armeekorps 19 January 1942 - 3 March 1942	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Herbert von Böckmann
Preceded by General der Infanterie Herbert von Böckmann	Commander of L. Armeekorps 20 July 1942 - 17 September 1943	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Wilhelm Wegener
Preceded by Generalleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Neumann	Commander of XXX. Armeekorps 16 December 1944 - 25 April 1945	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Arnold Burmeister
Preceded by General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt	Commander of 25. Armee 28 March 1945 - 7 April 1945	Succeeded by None