Philipp Kleffel

{{short description|WWII military general officer of Nazi Germany}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Philipp Kleffel

| birth_date = 9 December 1887

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|10|10|1887|12|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Birkenfelde, Kreis Znin, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

| death_place = Coburg, Bavaria, West Germany

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| allegiance = German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany

| branch = {{tree list}}

| serviceyears = 1905–1945

| rank = General der Kavallerie

| commands = 1st Infantry Divisionn
L Army Corps
XVI Army Corps
XXX Army Corps
25th Army

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| battles = {{tree list}}

World War I

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| awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Philipp Kleffel (9 December 1887 – 10 October 1964) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

For 10 days, Kleffel served as the last commander of the short-lived 25th Army in the Netherlands, until it was converted on 7 April 1945 to the Netherlands High Command (Oberbefehlshaber Niederlande), under Generaloberst Johannes Blaskowitz. Kleffell was part of the general staff when Blaskowitz surrendered OB Niederlande to I Canadian Corps' Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes at Wageningen on 6 May 1945, effectively ending the war in the Netherlands.[https://www.axishistory.com/list-all-categories/146-germany-heer/heer-static-commands/2470-oberbefehlshaber-niederlande Axis history]

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
Frederick August Cross (Oldenburg), 2nd and 1st Class
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 20 December 1934
Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class for 25 years
1st Class on 2 October 1936
Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
2nd Class on 28 May 1940
1st Class on 24 June 1940
Eastern Front Medal on 25 July 1942
Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Oak Leaves and Swords on 29 March 1943
German Cross in Gold on 10 May 1943
Spanisch Cruz de Guerra (War Cross) on 18 July 1943
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 February 1942 as Generalleutnant and commander of 1. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 209.

References

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=Bibliography=

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

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before=Generalleutnant Joachim von Kortzfleisch |

after=Generalmajor Dr. Friedrich Altrichter|

title= Commander of 1. Infanterie-Division|

years=14 April 1940 - 12 July 1941

}}

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