Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Born into the Prussian noble family von Kleist, Kleist entered the Prussian Army in 1900 and commanded a cavalry squadron during World War I. Kleist joined the Reichswehr of inter-war Germany before being discharged in 1938.
Ewald von Kleist in 1940
Kleist in 1940
Kleist (left) inspects a large iron and steel works in Ukraine recently taken over by his troops, 1941
Hungarian general Béla Miklós (2nd from left) and Kleist (with binoculars) at the Dnieper river, September 1941
The 1st Panzer Army was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Image: Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1986 0210 503, General Ewald von Kleist
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