Leo Dietrich Franz Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg (2 March 1886 – 27 January 1974) was a German cavalry officer in World War I and a general during World War II. He was particularly noted for his expertise in armoured warfare and his command of Panzer Group West during the Invasion of Normandy.
Geyr was born in Potsdam and joined the German Army in 1904. From 1933-37, he was a military attaché to the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
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Leo Dietrich Franz Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg (2 March 1886 – 27 January 1974) was a German cavalry officer in World War I and a general during World War II. He was particularly noted for his expertise in armoured warfare and his command of Panzer Group West during the Invasion of Normandy.
Geyr was born in Potsdam and joined the German Army in 1904. From 1933-37, he was a military attaché to the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands, residing in London.
On 10 June 1944, Geyr was wounded when Royal Air Force aircraft attacked his newly established headquarters at La Caine in Normandy.
From 1945-47, Geyr was in American captivity.
During the early 1950s Geyr was instrumental in advising how to restucture the post-WWII Wehrmacht (German army) [See: Searle's "Wehrmacht Generals."]
He died in Irschenhausen near Munich.
Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a title, translated as Baron, not a first or middle name. The female forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
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