General der Artillerie Emil Leeb Born: 17 Jun 1881 in Passau, Bavaria (Bayern) Died: 08 Sep 1969 in Munich (M�nchen) Promotions:
F�hnrich (07 Jul 1901); Leutnant (09 Mar 1903); Oberleutnant (26 Oct 1911); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1915); Major (01 Feb 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Dec 1929); Oberst (01 Oct 1932); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1935); Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1937); General der Artillerie (01 Apr 1939) Career:
Entered Army Service (07 Jul 1901)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as F�hnrich in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment K�nig (07 Jul 1901-02 Jun 1914)
Detached to the War School Munich (01 Mar 1902-06 Feb 1903)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery & Engineer School (01 Oct 1905-01 Jul 1906)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment K�nig (01 Jan 1909-01 Jul 1911)
Detached to the Bavarian War Academy (01 Oct 1911-01 Jul 1914)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Jun 1914-04 Mar 1915)
2nd Adjutant of the 10th Bavarian Infantry-Division (04 Mar 1915-11 May 1915)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 10th Bavarian Infantry-Division (11 May 1915-01 Jun 1915)
While retaining previous position, transferred into the Bavarian General Staff (01 Jun 1915-13 Aug 1917)
Assigned to the General-Staff of XV. Reserve-Corps for Special Use (13 Aug 1917-24 Dec 1917)
Detached to Course for Staff-Officers & General-Staff-Officers at the Artillery Survey School Wahn (12 Nov 1917-17 Nov 1917)
Assigned to the Army-Artillery-Firing-School Bitsch for Special Use (24 Dec 1917-01 Mar 1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of XV. Reserve-Corps (01 Mar 1918-19 May 1918)
Detached to the Staff of Army-Artillery-Firing-School Bitsch (19 May 1918-22 Aug 1918)
Transferred back into the General-Staff of XV. Reserve-Corps (22 Aug 1918-05 Oct 1918)
1st General-Staff-Officer of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry-Division (05 Oct 1918-00 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (00 Jan 1919-00 Mar 1919)
With Detachment Hierl (Freikorps) (00 Mar 1919-23 May 1919)
With the Staff of the 24th Reichswehr-Brigade (23 May 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the RWM (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1924)
With the Staff of the 7th Division (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1928)
Transferred into the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-01 Feb 1929)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1929-01 Apr 1929)
With the Staff of II. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1929-01 Oct 1929)
Commander of Mountain-Transport-Squadron Landsberg (01 Oct 1929-01 Apr 1933)
Director of Provision Matters in the Army Weapons Office (01 Apr 1933-01 Apr 1936)
Commander of the 15th Division (01 Apr 1936-01 Apr 1939)
Commanding General of XI. Army-Corps (01 Apr 1939-16 Apr 1940)
At the same time, Commander in Military-District XI (01 Apr 1939-31 Aug 1939)
Chief of the Army Weapons Office (16 Apr 1940-00 Jan 1945)
Supervisory-Advisory of the Reichs-Works AG for Weapons & Mechanical Engineering Hermann G�ring, Berlin (17 Jan 1941-29 Dec 1942)
In the Pr�sidialrat of the Reichs Research Advisory (RFR), whose president is by F�hrer Decree of 06 Jun 1942 G�ring (00 Jun 1942-01 May 1945)
Member in the Armaments Advisory (1942-01 May 1945)
Retired (01 May 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern: am 14.06.1944 als General der Artillerie und Chef des Heeres-Waffenamtes/ OKH
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 01.09.1943 als General der Artillerie und Chef des Heeres-Waffenamtes/ OKH
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubil�ums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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