Definition von ludwig beck im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
born June 29, 1880, Biebrich, Ger. died July 20, 1944, Berlin German general. After serving with the army general staff in World War I, he was later chief of the general staff (1935-38). He opposed Adolf Hitler's occupation of the Rhineland and resigned to protest the decision to conquer Czechoslovakia. He helped plan the unsuccessful July Plot to assassinate Hitler; when it failed, Beck committed suicide