Georg Hermann Fuchs  
(25.12.1856 - 29.09.1939)
place of birth:  Danzig, Westpreußen  (Gdansk, Poland)
Königreich Preußen:  OBH,  Generalleutnant
Prussian Generalleutnant Georg Fuchs was in command of Imperial Germany's 16th Infantry Division as mobilization for the Great War got underway. His troops went into battle under Tülff von Tschepe's VIII. Army Corps, attached to Fourth Army headquarters. Fuchs was later appointed corps commander himself and also headed up Army Detachment "C", an army group which had originally been formed under General Hermann von Strantz. Immediately following the war, he replaced General von der Marwitz as commander of Fifth Army. Following the November 1918 armistice, Fuchs retired from active duty and on 6 October 1919 received the brevet rank of General der Infanterie.

     
     
Generalleutnant  03.02.1914

Pour le Mérite  18.08.1917
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
17.09.1877 Offizier-Aspirant
17.09.1877 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf Roon” (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Danzig
13.04.1878 Portepée-Fähnrich
11.02.1879 Sekonde-Lieutenant
00.00.1881 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf Roon” (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Königsberg  (Regiment relocated)
01.10.1884 Militär-Turnanstalt - Berlin  (Student at Prussian Military Fitness Institute)
01.10.1885 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (Student at Royal Prussian War College)
22.03.1888 Premier-Lieutenant
21.07.1888 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf Roon” (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Königsberg
22.07.1888 Infanterie-Regiment ,,König Ludwig III. von Bayern” (2. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 47 - Posen
01.04.1890 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detached to Prussian Great General Staff HQ)
29.03.1892 Hauptmann
09.02.1893 I. Armee-Korps - Königsberg  (detailed to Hans von Werder's General Staff)
15.12.1894 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf von Blumenthal” (1. Magdeburgisches) Nr. 33 - Halle  (Coy Cdr)
22.03.1897 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (assigned to Prussian Great General Staff HQ)
01.04.1898 Major
01.10.1898 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (instructor at Royal Prussian War College)
30.09.1900 VIII. Armee-Korps - Koblenz  (on Friedrich von Baden's General Staff)
22.04.1902 7. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96 - Gera  (Bn Cdr)
27.01.1904 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (assigned to Prussian Great General Staff HQ)
27.01.1905 Oberstleutnant
22.04.1905 IX. Armee-Korps - Altona  (Friedrich von Bock und Polach's Chief of Staff)
14.04.1907 Oberst
06.06.1907 4. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 143 - Straßburg  (Cdr)
21.04.1911 Generalmajor
21.04.1911 20. Infanterie-Brigade - Posen  (Cdr)
03.02.1914 16. Infanterie-Division - Trier  (Cdr, replaced von Lindenau)
03.02.1914 Generalleutnant  =  Exzellenz
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 16. Infanterie- Division  (Cdr)
28.08.1916 X. Reserve-Korps  (Cdr, replaced Robert Kosch)
29.10.1916 XIV. Reserve-Korps  (Cdr, replaced Hermann von Stein)
11.03.1917 Armee-Abteilung "C"  (Cdr, replaced Max von Boehn)
09.11.1918 temporary loss of command, AAbt-C
24.11.1918 Armee-Abteilung "C"  (reassumes command)
11.11.1918 Waffenstillstand von Compiègne  (Armistice)
18.12.1918 5. Armee-Oberkommando  (concurrent with command of Armee-Abteilung C)
28.01.1919 zur Disposition gestellt
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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