Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (August 8, 1881 ? c. November 13, 1954) was a leading German field marshal during World War II. Born in Braunfels an der Lahn into an aristocratic family, Kleist was educated in a German military school and graduated in 1900. He served as a lieutenant of hussars and a regimental commander in World War I. After the war he served as a commander of a cavalry division from 1932-35. Kleist was semi-retired when, in August 1939, he was recalled to active duty at the age of fifty-eight.