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Fedor von Bock, (born December 3, 1880, Küstrin, Germany [now Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland]—died May 1945, Lensahn, Holstein), German army officer and field marshal (from 1940), who participated in the German occupation of Austria and the invasions of Poland, France, and Russia during World War II. Educated at the Potsdam military school, Bock ...

For losses of around twenty to thirty thousand men, the German Field Marshal Fedor von Bock punished Marshal Timoshenko’s forces terribly, which suffered over 170,000 killed and over 106,000 wounded.

Operation Barbarossa, original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.

Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock (3 December 1880 – 4 May 1945) was a German Field Marshal who served in the German army during the Second World War. As a leader who lectured his soldiers about the honor of dying for the German Fatherland, he was nicknamed "Der Sterber" (literally...

Fedor von Bock was born in Kustrin, Germany, on December 3, 1880. He joined the German Army and during the First World War won the Pour le Mérite. By 1918, Bock had reached the rank of major. Bock was promoted to field marshal in 1940 for his part in Germany 's victorious blitzkrieg campaign against France and the Low Countries.

Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock (* 3. Dezember 1880 in Küstrin, Provinz Brandenburg; † 4. Mai 1945 in Oldenburg in Holstein) war ein deutscher Heeresoffizier (ab 1940 Generalfeldmarschall). Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges war er Oberbefehlshaber verschiedener Heeresgruppen der Wehrmacht

Fedor von Bock - nicknamed ‘Der Sterber’ or ‘the Dier’ - was a senior German Army officer during World War Two. Bock saw action in Poland, France and the USSR. Bock was a monarchist, and, though he fought loyally for Nazi Germany, had no truck with Nazisim. Born on 3 December 1880, Bock served with distinction in World War One in the ...

Fedor von Bock served as the commander of Heeresgruppe Nord (Army Group North) during the Invasion of Poland in 1939, commander of Heeresgruppe B (Army Group B) during the Invasion of France in 1940, and later as the commander of Heeresgruppe Mitte (Army Group Centre) during the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 his final command was that of ...