Georg Kornelius Adalbert von der Marwitz  
(07.07.1856 - 27.10.1929) 
place of birth:  Klein-Nossin, Pommern  (Nozynko, PL)
Königreich Preußen:  Generaladjutant SM,  General der Kavallerie


Prussian cavalry officer Georg von der Marwitz was born to the family of Adalbert von der Marwitz, landed aristocracy of the Stolp district of Pomerania (present-day Slupsk, Poland). Young Georg found his career niche with the Prussian cavalry, joining a Guard-Uhlan regiment fresh out of military school. He served chiefly with cavalry regiments prior to the war, and was the inspector general of cavalry as the war broke out.

Generalmajor von der Marwitz lead the 2nd Cavalry Corps (HKK2) during Germany's early August invasion of Belgium. This independent corps of three divisions were some of the first to cross the frontier and participated in the war's initial engagement involving cavalry troops at Haelen, Belgium. HKK2 was also involved in the First Battle of the Marne.

Imperial Germany's Supreme Command quickly recognized that cavalry units would not be effective on the static Western Front and in the face of modern military tactics and weaponry; so in December 1914, HKK2 was dissolved and von der Marwitz was transferred to East Prussia to command the newly organized 38th Reserve Corps. His February 1915 victory during the Winter Masurian battle earned him the Pour le Merite. In March, von der Marwitz and his army corps were sent to Miskolcz, Hungary where the 38th became known as the Beskidenkorps, named after the Beskid mountain range in the Carpathians. The Austrians had just lost the Przemysl Fortress and during the Easter season, von der Marwitz assembled his troops at Mezö Laborcz (German: Laborcza Tal) to fight off the Russians as they attempted to cross into Hungary. In heavy snow over the next few weeks, the Germans countered and fought the Russians to a stalemate in the Wirawa Gorge
area.

After being sent to fight with von Gallwitz against the Serbs, Marwitz became very ill, to the point where he a few weeks of convalescent in October and November 1915. Upon recovering, he went to Macedonia to take charge of VI. Army Corps which took part in Field Marshal von Mackensen's December 1916 invasion of Romania. He then moved back to the Western Front to receive command of the Second Army which successfully held the line against BEF forces during the Battle of Cambrai (November 1917). On 8 August 1918, however, Marwitz' forces faced a massed tank attack at Amiens where Germany experienced its "Black Day" - its worst defeat of the war, losing over 30,000 casualties at Albert-Villers-Bretonneux. He also commanded Germany's Fifth Army at Verdun and the Champagne area until the Armistice in November 1918.  General der Kavallerie von der Marwitz died on 27 October 1929 in Wundichow, Kreis Stolp. 

	General der Kavallerie ....	19.08.1914
	Pour le Mérite ....................	07.03.1915   (Eichenlaub:  14.05.1915)