Georg Hermann Fuchs  
(25.12.1856 - 29.09.1939)
place of birth:  Danzig  (Gdansk)
Königreich Preußen:  OBH,  Generalleutnant
Prussian Generalleutnant Georg Fuchs commanded both at the division and corps level during the First World War. Fuchs began his career as an infantrist in 1877 and was soon selected to attend the Kriegsakademie, Prussia's War College. He was sent to Great General Staff headquarters in 1890 and spent over 12 of the following 27 years serving as a general staff officer. Fuchs received his first command when promoted to Oberst in 1907, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 143 in Straßburg. He later commanded an infantry brigade and was in charge of 16. Infanterie-Division as Germany marched to War in August 1914.

General Fuchs's troops went into battle on the Western Front subordinate to Tülff von Tschepe's VIII. Armee-Korps headquarters which was part of 4. Armee-Oberkommando. After pushing through Luxembourg and Belgium, the 16th was engaged during the Battle of the First Marne, along with the subsequent trench warfare in the Champagne region. They were later also to participate in the Summer 1916 Somme Offensive. Fuchs was then tasked with replacing Robert Kosch as commander of X. Reserve-Korps and moved east to fight the Russians in Galicia. In October 1916, however, he was placed in charge of XIV. Reserve-Korps and returned to the Western Front to continue with the defense of the Somme River area. At German Supreme Command headquarters, General Ludendorff took notice of Fuchs's battlefield prowess and decided to place him in command of Armee-Abteilung C, an army group which had originally been formed under General Hermann von Strantz. Generalleutnant Fuchs was for his distinguished leadership in 1917 when Herzog Albrecht von Wurttemberg decorated him with the highest Royal Prussian order of bravery, the Pour le Mérite. 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 Ostpreußisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 33 - Danzig
13.04.1878 Portepée-Fähnrich
11.02.1879 Sekonde-Lieutenant
00.00.1881 Ostpreußisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 33 - Konigsberg i. Pr.  (Rgt HQ relocated)
01.10.1884 Militär-Turnanstalt - Berlin  (Student at Prussian Military Fitness Institute)
28.02.1885 Ostpreußisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 33 - Konigsberg i. Pr.
01.10.1885 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (Student at Royal Prussian War College)
22.03.1888 Premier-Lieutenant
21.07.1888 Ostpreußisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 33 - Konigsberg i. Pr.  (return from War College)
22.07.1888 2. Niederschlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 47 - Posen
01.04.1890 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detached to Prussian Great General Staff HQ)
29.03.1892 Hauptmann
29.03.1892 Generalstab der Armee - Berlin  (assigned to General Staff of the Army, aggregiert)
29.03.1892 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detailed to Great General Staff HQ)
09.02.1893 I. Armee-Korps - Königsberg i. Pr.  (detailed to Werder's General Staff)
15.12.1894 Magdeburgisches Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 36 - Halle a. S.  (Coy Cdr)
22.03.1897 Königlich Preußische Kaiser Wilhelm-Erinnerungs-Medaille (Zentenarmedaille)
22.03.1897 Generalstab der Armee - Berlin  (assigned to General Staff of the Army)
22.03.1897 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detailed to Great General Staff HQ)
01.04.1898 Major
01.10.1898 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (detailed as Instructor, Royal Prussian War College)
30.09.1900 VIII. Armee-Korps - Koblenz  (detailed as Friedrich von Baden's First General Staff Officer Ia)
22.04.1902 7. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96 - Gera  (Bn Cdr)
17.09.1902 Königlich Preußischer Dienstauszeichnungskreuz für Offiziere - 25-jähriger
27.01.1904 Generalstab der Armee - Berlin  (assigned to General Staff of the Army)
27.01.1904 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detailed to Great General Staff HQ)
27.01.1905 Oberstleutnant
22.04.1905 IX. Armee-Korps - Altona  (detailed as Bock und Polach's Chief of Staff)
14.04.1907 Oberst
06.06.1907 4. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 143 - Straßburg i. E.  (Cdr)
21.04.1911 Generalmajor
21.04.1911 20. Infanterie-Brigade - Posen  (Cdr)
03.02.1914 Generalleutnant  =  Exzellenz
03.02.1914 16. Infanterie-Division - Trier  (Cdr, replaced Lindenau)
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 16. Infanterie-Division  (Cdr)
00.00.1914 das Königlich Preußische Eiserne Kreuz 1914 - 2. Klasse
00.00.1914 das Königlich Preußische Eiserne Kreuz 1914 - 1. Klasse
28.08.1916 X. Reserve-Korps  (Cdr, replaced Kosch)
04.10.1916 Stern zum Königlich Preußischen Roten Adler-Orden - 2. Klasse mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern
29.10.1916 XIV. Reserve-Korps  (Cdr, replaced Hermann von Stein)
11.03.1917 Armee-Abteilung C  (Cdr, replaced Boehn)
18.08.1917 Orden Pour le Mérite
09.11.1918 temporary loss of command, AAbt-C
11.11.1918 Waffenstillstand von Compiègne  (Armistice)
28.01.1919 zur Disposition gestellt
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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