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	[[File:Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|270px\|[[Generalfeldmarschall]] Fedor von Bock; he was one of only 19 men who received the ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' in WW I and the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] in [[WW II]].<ref>[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Ritter_des_Ordens_%E2%80%9EPour_le_M%C3%A9rite%E2%80%9C_mit_dem_Ritterkreuz_des_Eisernen_Kreuzes Ritter des Ordens „Pour le Mérite“ mit dem Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes]</ref>]]		[[File:Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock.png\|thumb\|270px\|[[Generalfeldmarschall]] Fedor von Bock; he was one of only 19 men who received the ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' in WW I and the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] in [[WW II]].<ref>[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Ritter_des_Ordens_%E2%80%9EPour_le_M%C3%A9rite%E2%80%9C_mit_dem_Ritterkreuz_des_Eisernen_Kreuzes Ritter des Ordens „Pour le Mérite“ mit dem Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes]</ref>]]
	'''Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock''' (ᛉ 3 December [[1880]] in Küstrin, [[West Prussia]]; ᛣ 4 May [[1945]] in [[Oldenburg in Holstein\|Oldenburg]], Holstein) was a [[Germans\|German]] [[Generalfeldmarschall]] and a distinguished old-style [[Prussia\|Prussian officer]]<ref>Von Bock belonged to a Prussian Protestant Aristocratic family whose military heritage is traceable to the time of the Hohenzollerns. His father, Karl Moritz von Bock, commanded a division in the [[Franco-Prussian War]], and was decorated for bravery at the [[Battle of Sedan (1870)\|Battle of Sedan]]. His great-grandfather served in the armies of [[Frederick the Great]], and his grandfather was an officer in the [[Prussian Army]] who fought against Napoleon at Jena. His mother, Olga Helene Fransziska Freifrau von Falkenhayn von Bock, was of both German and Russian aristocratic heritage.</ref> of the [[Imperial German Army]]<ref>By the time [[World War I]] began in 1914, von Bock was a ''Hauptmann''. He served with the 4th Foot Guards Regiment as a battalion commander in January and February 1916, and was decorated with the coveted ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' for bravery. Major von Bock was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht′s army group on the Western Front and became a friend of the Crown Prince of [[Germany]]. Two days before the Armistice, he met with ''Kaiser'' [[Wilhelm II Hohenzollern, German Emperor\|Wilhelm II]] at [[Spa, Belgium]], in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Kaiser to return to Berlin to crush the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919\|mutiny at Kiel]].</ref> and the [[Reichswehr]],<ref>After the Treaty of Versailles was signed, limiting the German Army to 100,000 troops, Bock stayed on as an officer of the post-treaty Reichswehr, and rose through the ranks. In the 1920s, von Bock was together with Kurt von Schleicher, Eugen Ott, and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord a member of a secret group known as Sondergruppe R selected by and responsible to Hans von Seeckt that was in charge of helping Germany evade the Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany. The officers of Sondergruppe R formed the liaison with Major Bruno Ernst Buchrucker, who led the so-called Arbeits-Kommandos (Work Commandos), which was officially a labor group intended to assist with civilian projects, but were in reality thinly disguised soldiers that allowed Germany to exceed the limits on troop strength set by Versailles. Buchrucker′s so-called "Black Reichswehr" became infamous for its practice of murdering all those Germans who were suspected of working as informers for the Allied Control Commission, which was responsible for ensuring that Germany was in compliance with Part V. The killings perpetrated by the "Black Reichswehr were justifed under the so-called Femegerichte (secret court) system. These killings were ordered by the officers from Sondergruppe R.</ref> who served in the [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]].		'''Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock''' (ᛉ 3 December [[1880]] in Küstrin, [[West Prussia]]; ᛣ 4 May [[1945]] in [[Oldenburg in Holstein\|Oldenburg]], Holstein) was a [[Germans\|German]] [[Generalfeldmarschall]] and a distinguished old-style [[Prussia\|Prussian officer]]<ref>Von Bock belonged to a Prussian Protestant Aristocratic family whose military heritage is traceable to the time of the Hohenzollerns. His father, Karl Moritz von Bock, commanded a division in the [[Franco-Prussian War]], and was decorated for bravery at the [[Battle of Sedan (1870)\|Battle of Sedan]]. His great-grandfather served in the armies of [[Frederick the Great]], and his grandfather was an officer in the [[Prussian Army]] who fought against Napoleon at Jena. His mother, Olga Helene Fransziska Freifrau von Falkenhayn von Bock, was of both German and Russian aristocratic heritage.</ref> of the [[Imperial German Army]]<ref>By the time [[World War I]] began in 1914, von Bock was a ''Hauptmann''. He served with the 4th Foot Guards Regiment as a battalion commander in January and February 1916, and was decorated with the coveted ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' for bravery. Major von Bock was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht′s army group on the Western Front and became a friend of the Crown Prince of [[Germany]]. Two days before the Armistice, he met with ''Kaiser'' [[Wilhelm II Hohenzollern, German Emperor\|Wilhelm II]] at [[Spa, Belgium]], in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Kaiser to return to Berlin to crush the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919\|mutiny at Kiel]].</ref> and the [[Reichswehr]],<ref>After the Treaty of Versailles was signed, limiting the German Army to 100,000 troops, Bock stayed on as an officer of the post-treaty Reichswehr, and rose through the ranks. In the 1920s, von Bock was together with Kurt von Schleicher, Eugen Ott, and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord a member of a secret group known as Sondergruppe R selected by and responsible to Hans von Seeckt that was in charge of helping Germany evade the Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany. The officers of Sondergruppe R formed the liaison with Major Bruno Ernst Buchrucker, who led the so-called Arbeits-Kommandos (Work Commandos), which was officially a labor group intended to assist with civilian projects, but were in reality thinly disguised soldiers that allowed Germany to exceed the limits on troop strength set by Versailles. Buchrucker′s so-called "Black Reichswehr" became infamous for its practice of murdering all those Germans who were suspected of working as informers for the Allied Control Commission, which was responsible for ensuring that Germany was in compliance with Part V. The killings perpetrated by the "Black Reichswehr were justifed under the so-called Femegerichte (secret court) system. These killings were ordered by the officers from Sondergruppe R.</ref> who served in the [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]].

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	===WWII===		===WWII===
	As a leader who lectured his soldiers about the honor of dying for the [[Germany\|German]] [[Vaterland\|Fatherland]], he was nicknamed "''Der Sterber''" (literally, ambiguously, and ironically: "The Dier").<ref>"Death on the Approaches", ''TIME'' Magazine, 8 December 1941</ref> Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Poland campaign in 1939, commander of "Army Group B" during the during the [[Blitzkrieg]] (after [[Declarations of War during World War II\|France declared war on Germany]]) in 1940, and later as the commander of Army Group Center during the campaign against the [[Soviet Union]] in 1941; his final command was that of ''Army Group South'' in 1942.		As a leader who lectured his soldiers about the honor of dying for the [[Germany\|German]] [[Vaterland\|Fatherland]], he was nicknamed "''Der Sterber''" (literally, ambiguously, and ironically: "The Dier").<ref>"Death on the Approaches", ''TIME'' Magazine, 8 December 1941</ref> Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Poland campaign in 1939, commander of "Army Group B" during the during the [[Blitzkrieg]] (after [[Declarations of War during World War II\|France declared war on Germany]]) in 1940, and later as the commander of Army Group Center during the campaign against the [[Soviet Union]] in 1941; his final command was that of ''Army Group South'' in 1942.

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	[[File:Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock.~~jpg~~\|thumb\|270px\|[[Generalfeldmarschall]] Fedor von Bock; he was one of only 19 men who received the ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' in WW I and the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] in [[WW II]].<ref>[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Ritter_des_Ordens_%E2%80%9EPour_le_M%C3%A9rite%E2%80%9C_mit_dem_Ritterkreuz_des_Eisernen_Kreuzes Ritter des Ordens „Pour le Mérite“ mit dem Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes]</ref>]]		[[File:Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock.png\|thumb\|270px\|[[Generalfeldmarschall]] Fedor von Bock; he was one of only 19 men who received the ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' in WW I and the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] in [[WW II]].<ref>[https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Ritter_des_Ordens_%E2%80%9EPour_le_M%C3%A9rite%E2%80%9C_mit_dem_Ritterkreuz_des_Eisernen_Kreuzes Ritter des Ordens „Pour le Mérite“ mit dem Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes]</ref>]]
	'''Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock''' (ᛉ 3 December [[1880]] in Küstrin, [[West Prussia]]; ᛣ 4 May [[1945]] in [[Oldenburg in Holstein\|Oldenburg]], Holstein) was a [[Germans\|German]] [[Generalfeldmarschall]] and a distinguished old-style [[Prussia\|Prussian officer]]<ref>Von Bock belonged to a Prussian Protestant Aristocratic family whose military heritage is traceable to the time of the Hohenzollerns. His father, Karl Moritz von Bock, commanded a division in the [[Franco-Prussian War]], and was decorated for bravery at the [[Battle of Sedan (1870)\|Battle of Sedan]]. His great-grandfather served in the armies of [[Frederick the Great]], and his grandfather was an officer in the [[Prussian Army]] who fought against Napoleon at Jena. His mother, Olga Helene Fransziska Freifrau von Falkenhayn von Bock, was of both German and Russian aristocratic heritage.</ref> of the [[Imperial German Army]]<ref>By the time [[World War I]] began in 1914, von Bock was a ''Hauptmann''. He served with the 4th Foot Guards Regiment as a battalion commander in January and February 1916, and was decorated with the coveted ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' for bravery. Major von Bock was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht′s army group on the Western Front and became a friend of the Crown Prince of [[Germany]]. Two days before the Armistice, he met with ''Kaiser'' [[Wilhelm II Hohenzollern, German Emperor\|Wilhelm II]] at [[Spa, Belgium]], in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Kaiser to return to Berlin to crush the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919\|mutiny at Kiel]].</ref> and the [[Reichswehr]],<ref>After the Treaty of Versailles was signed, limiting the German Army to 100,000 troops, Bock stayed on as an officer of the post-treaty Reichswehr, and rose through the ranks. In the 1920s, von Bock was together with Kurt von Schleicher, Eugen Ott, and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord a member of a secret group known as Sondergruppe R selected by and responsible to Hans von Seeckt that was in charge of helping Germany evade the Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany. The officers of Sondergruppe R formed the liaison with Major Bruno Ernst Buchrucker, who led the so-called Arbeits-Kommandos (Work Commandos), which was officially a labor group intended to assist with civilian projects, but were in reality thinly disguised soldiers that allowed Germany to exceed the limits on troop strength set by Versailles. Buchrucker′s so-called "Black Reichswehr" became infamous for its practice of murdering all those Germans who were suspected of working as informers for the Allied Control Commission, which was responsible for ensuring that Germany was in compliance with Part V. The killings perpetrated by the "Black Reichswehr were justifed under the so-called Femegerichte (secret court) system. These killings were ordered by the officers from Sondergruppe R.</ref> who served in the [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]].		'''Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock''' (ᛉ 3 December [[1880]] in Küstrin, [[West Prussia]]; ᛣ 4 May [[1945]] in [[Oldenburg in Holstein\|Oldenburg]], Holstein) was a [[Germans\|German]] [[Generalfeldmarschall]] and a distinguished old-style [[Prussia\|Prussian officer]]<ref>Von Bock belonged to a Prussian Protestant Aristocratic family whose military heritage is traceable to the time of the Hohenzollerns. His father, Karl Moritz von Bock, commanded a division in the [[Franco-Prussian War]], and was decorated for bravery at the [[Battle of Sedan (1870)\|Battle of Sedan]]. His great-grandfather served in the armies of [[Frederick the Great]], and his grandfather was an officer in the [[Prussian Army]] who fought against Napoleon at Jena. His mother, Olga Helene Fransziska Freifrau von Falkenhayn von Bock, was of both German and Russian aristocratic heritage.</ref> of the [[Imperial German Army]]<ref>By the time [[World War I]] began in 1914, von Bock was a ''Hauptmann''. He served with the 4th Foot Guards Regiment as a battalion commander in January and February 1916, and was decorated with the coveted ''[[Pour le Mérite]]'' for bravery. Major von Bock was assigned as a divisional staff officer in von Rupprecht′s army group on the Western Front and became a friend of the Crown Prince of [[Germany]]. Two days before the Armistice, he met with ''Kaiser'' [[Wilhelm II Hohenzollern, German Emperor\|Wilhelm II]] at [[Spa, Belgium]], in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade the Kaiser to return to Berlin to crush the [[German Revolution of 1918–1919\|mutiny at Kiel]].</ref> and the [[Reichswehr]],<ref>After the Treaty of Versailles was signed, limiting the German Army to 100,000 troops, Bock stayed on as an officer of the post-treaty Reichswehr, and rose through the ranks. In the 1920s, von Bock was together with Kurt von Schleicher, Eugen Ott, and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord a member of a secret group known as Sondergruppe R selected by and responsible to Hans von Seeckt that was in charge of helping Germany evade the Part V of the Treaty of Versailles, which had disarmed Germany. The officers of Sondergruppe R formed the liaison with Major Bruno Ernst Buchrucker, who led the so-called Arbeits-Kommandos (Work Commandos), which was officially a labor group intended to assist with civilian projects, but were in reality thinly disguised soldiers that allowed Germany to exceed the limits on troop strength set by Versailles. Buchrucker′s so-called "Black Reichswehr" became infamous for its practice of murdering all those Germans who were suspected of working as informers for the Allied Control Commission, which was responsible for ensuring that Germany was in compliance with Part V. The killings perpetrated by the "Black Reichswehr were justifed under the so-called Femegerichte (secret court) system. These killings were ordered by the officers from Sondergruppe R.</ref> who served in the [[Wehrmacht]] during the [[Second World War]].

	==Life==		==Life==
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	As a leader who lectured his soldiers about the honor of dying for the [[Germany\|German]] [[Vaterland\|Fatherland]], he was nicknamed "''Der Sterber''" (literally, ambiguously, and ironically: "The Dier").<ref>"Death on the Approaches", ''TIME'' Magazine, 8 December 1941</ref> Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Poland campaign in 1939, commander of "Army Group B" during the during the [[Blitzkrieg]] (after [[Declarations of War during World War II\|France declared war on Germany]]) in 1940, and later as the commander of Army Group Center during the campaign against the [[Soviet Union]] in 1941; his final command was that of ''Army Group South'' in 1942.		As a leader who lectured his soldiers about the honor of dying for the [[Germany\|German]] [[Vaterland\|Fatherland]], he was nicknamed "''Der Sterber''" (literally, ambiguously, and ironically: "The Dier").<ref>"Death on the Approaches", ''TIME'' Magazine, 8 December 1941</ref> Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Poland campaign in 1939, commander of "Army Group B" during the during the [[Blitzkrieg]] (after [[Declarations of War during World War II\|France declared war on Germany]]) in 1940, and later as the commander of Army Group Center during the campaign against the [[Soviet Union]] in 1941; his final command was that of ''Army Group South'' in 1942.

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