Fedor von Bock

German field marshal (1880–1945)

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Lived 1880–1945, aged 65Germany

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Era
1880–1945
Aged 65

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Updated 2026-05-29

German field marshal who commanded multiple army groups across WWII's biggest campaigns: Poland, France, the Soviet invasion. Bock cycled through the war's major theaters before his capture in 1945.

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Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock was a German Generalfeldmarschall who served in the German Army during the Second World War. Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Invasion of Poland in 1939, of Army Group B during the Invasion of France in 1940, of Army Group Center during Operation Barbarossa in 1941, and of Army Group South on the Eastern Front in 1942.

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