Luftwaffe combat units to the north to support the 6th Army’s drive on Stalingrad. Hitler was angered by the loss of momentum. He sent Alfred Jodl on 7 September to visit List and tell him to make faster progress. List explained to Jodl that he didn't have enough forces to break through the Soviet lines to capture Grozny. List also believed that it was still possible to capture Grozny if all the other attacks were suspended and his army group was given priority in supplies and reinforcements. Jodl subsequently agreed with List and he relayed this information to Hitler, who became furious. When List proposed moving some stalled spearhead units to another, less advanced portion of the front to assist in destroying stubborn Soviet forces, Hitler relieved him of command on 9 September and tried to command the Army Group himself from OKH. On 22 November 1942, he placed Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist in charge. List spent the rest of the war at his home and never returned to active duty. Hostages trial List was arrested by the Allies after the war. In 1947, List and 11 former subordinates were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity—primarily the reprisal killing of Serbian hostages in Yugoslavia. List was tried in front of a U.S. military court in the Hostages Trial, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in February 1948. List was released from prison in December 1952, officially because of ill health. However, he lived for another 19 years, dying on 17 August 1971 at the age of 91. Awards Wound Badge (1918) in black Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd class Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939), 1st and 2nd class Knights Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 September 1939 as Generaloberst and commander-in-chief of the 14. Armee Military Merit Order, 4th class with Swords and Crown (Bavaria) Knight's Cross of the Friedrich Order (Württemberg) Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with war decoration (Austria-Hungary) Knight's Cross of the Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria) (Bulgaria) References Citations Bibliography Hayward, Joel S. A. Stopped At Stalingrad. University Press of Kansas; Lawrence: 1998. . External links (In German) Wilhelm List biography on deutsche-biographie.de 1880 births 1971 deaths People from Alb-Donau-Kreis People from the Kingdom of Württemberg German Army World War II field marshals Military personnel of Bavaria German Army personnel