Georg von der Marwitz

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Johannes Georg von der Marwitz (born July 7, 1856 in Slupsk, October 27, 1929 in Unichów) was a Prussian general, commander of the German army during World War I.

Early military career

Marwitz joined the army in 1875. In the years 1883-1886 he studied at the military academy. It was only in 1900 that he became the commander of the cavalry regiment and then became head of the 18th Corps. Before World War I he was the main inspector of the German cavalry. During the First World War

Marwitz was posted to the western front in 1914 and participated in the Battle of Haelen. After this battle, he was transferred to the eastern front to assume command of the newly formed XXXVIII Corps reserve. He took part in the Second Battle of the Mazurian lakes in the early winter of 1915. Moved south with the Austro-Hungarian armies to fight the Russians, he was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 7 March 1915. After receiving the award in 1915, Marwitz served on the Western Front as commander of the Sixth Corps, returning once again to the eastern front until the successful stage of the Russian offensive in Brusiłow in June 1916. On October 6, 1916 he became aide William Wilhelm II, and in December 1916 he commanded 2nd Army on the western front. In November 1917 he commanded the German troops against the British at the Battle of Cambrai, where the first large-scale armor and tanks were used. In September 1918, he took over the leadership of the first army, which he commanded until the end of the war.

After the end of the war Marwitz withdrew from public life and settled in Unichów, where he died in 1929. Authoritative control (person):

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