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Georg
Friedrich von Kleist
(25.09.1852 - 29.07.1923)
place of birth: Rheinfeld, Pommern (Przyjazl, Poland)
Königreich
Preußen: GenInsp-Kav, KG,
General der Kavallerie
Imperial German cavalry officer
Georg von Kleist was the only son of General Major Fedor Benno von
Kleist. He later was commissioned in his father's old infantry regiment
Nr.52 in Cottbus. As an 18-year old, Georg participated in the
Franco-Prussian War 1870-71, seeing action in battles at Vionville
and Mars-la-Tour. At Gravelotte,
he was severely wounded in the leg, which led him to switch to the
cavalry.
Retired from active duty and living in the
town of Wusseken, General von Kleist was recalled shortly after the
Great War began, receiving command of the XXIII. Reserve
Corps which was already engaged in Belgian Flanders. A couple
months later, however, a heart ailment forced him to relinquish his
command. He left the field hospital at Ghent in January 1915 and
returned to Wusseken, dedicating his life to politics and his military
writings. He published the of Field Marshal Kleist von Nollendorf, one
of his ancestors.
General von Kleist was married to Barbara von Nathusius with
whom he had six sons and one daughter. His sons Heinrich and Fedor both
served as officers during the Great War and were killed in action on
Lithuania and Poland, respectively. Sons Robert, Ewald, and Barnim also
served as Wehrmacht officers during World War Two.
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General
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27.01.1907 |
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Eisernes
Kreuz II |
Deutsch-Französischer
Krieg 1870–1871 |
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