Moritz Albrecht Franz Friedrich Fedor von Bock 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 . Bock served as the commander of Army Group North during the Invasion of Poland in 1939, commander of Army Group B during the Invasion of France in 1940, and later as the commander of Army Group Center during the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 his final command was that of Army Group South in 1942.
Fedor von Bock was born in Kstrin , a fortress city on the banks of the Oder River in the Province of Brandenburg.
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