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Franciszek Kleeberg

Polandb. 1 February 1888 · d. 5 April 1941Add to favourites

Led the Independent Operational Group Polesie, formed on 11 September 1939 from his IX Army Corps. After Warsaw capitulated he dug in near Kock, which led to the Battle of Kock; on 5 October 1939 he surrendered because his forces had run out of ammunition and food. He was held at Oflag IV-B Königstein, lost his sight and died in a Dresden hospital on 5 April 1941; his remains were moved to Kock in 1969.