Georg Fuchs (General)
Georg Fuchs (born December 25, 1856 in Danzig , † September 30, 1939 in Münster ) was a Prussian infantry general .
Life
Fuchs came after his High School on April 13, 1877 cadet in the Fusilier Regiment "Graf Roon" (East Prussian) No. 33 of the Prussian army and received on February 11, 1879 his patent as a second lieutenant . From 1885 he attended the War Academy for three years and was promoted to prime lieutenant in 1888 . As such, he joined the General Staff in 1890 . As a captain , he led a company in the Magdeburg Fusilier Regiment No. 36 in Halle (Saale) from 1894 . Promoted to major in 1898 , he then taught at the War Academy for two years. This was followed by posts in the general staff service and as a battalion commander, before he was appointed lieutenant colonel chief of the general staff of the IX. Army Corps in Altona .
As a colonel , he led the 4th Lower Alsatian Infantry Regiment No. 143 in Strasbourg from 1907 , and after being promoted to major general in April 1911, the 20th Infantry Brigade in Posen . In February 1914 he was given command of the 16th Division in Trier while being promoted to Lieutenant General .
First World War
With this he was commissioned at the beginning of the First World War on August 2, 1914 with the occupation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg . He then fought in the association of the VIII Army Corps in the battle of Neufchâteau . At the end of August 1916 he became the commanding general of the X. Reserve Corps at the Maas Group West. At the end of October 1916 he moved to the XIV Reserve Corps as commanding general , which was in the main attack area of the British 5th Army in mid-November during the Battle of the Ancre ( Battle of the Somme ) .
From March 1917 he took over the command of Army Division C between the Maas and Mosel . After the offensive of the 1st US Army , he had to give up the great promontory east of Verdun during the Battle of St. Mihiel in mid-September 1918 .
After the armistice , in December 1918, Fuchs was also given command of the 5th Army . In January 1919 he became the disposition made and on October 6, 1919 by awarding the character adopted as a general of infantry from active service.
Awards
- Order of the Red Eagle II class with oak leaves
- Order of the crown, 2nd class with star
- Prussian service award cross
- Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Tough Lion
- Commander of the Order of the Griffin
- Honorary Officer Cross of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig
- Reussian Cross of Honor 2nd class
- Commander of the Franz Joseph Order
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class
- Pour le Mérite on August 22, 1917
literature
- Walter Killy: German Biographical Encyclopedia. 1995, ISBN 3-598-23160-1 .
- Richard Lehfeldt, Otto Kischke, Berthold Wagner: History of the Fusilier Regiment Graf Roon (East Prussian) No. 33. 1901, p. 87.
- Herrmann Julius Meyer : Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . Bibliographical Institute, 1933, p. 368.
- Gustav Böhm, Heinz Hürten, Georg Meyer: Adjutant in the Prussian War Ministry June 1918 to October 1919. German publishing company, 1977, ISBN 3-421-01818-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Gustav Böhm, Heinz Hürten, Georg Meyer: Adjutant in the Prussian War Ministry June 1918 to October 1919. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1977, ISBN 3-421-01818-9 , p. 77. ( excerpt )
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son , Berlin 1914, p. 80.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fuchs, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian general of the infantry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1939 |
| Place of death | Muenster |