Karl von Le Suire

Karl Hans Maximilian von Le Suire (8 November 1898 – 18 June 1954) was a German general during World War II who commanded the XXXXIX Mountain Corps.

Karl von Le Suire was born on 8 November 1898 in Unterwössen in Upper Bavaria.

After entering the German Army in December 1916, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Bavarian infantry and served on the Western Front.

On 10 December 1943 von Le Suire signed the order for the German division to "level the locations Mazeika and Kalavryta".

About 1,000 houses were looted and burned and more than 2,000 sheep and other large domestic animals were seized by the Germans.