Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb

(5 September 1876 – 29 April 1956) was a German field marshal and war criminal^[2] in World War II. Leeb was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Military Order of Max Joseph which granted him the title of nobility. In the Invasion of France, he commanded Army Group C, responsible for the breakthrough of the Maginot Line.