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Hermann Otto Hugo Ferdinand von Plüskow  
(20.6.1852 - 26.3.1925)
place of birth:  Weimar, Thüringen  (Thuringia)


General of Infantry who commanded the XI. Corps at outbreak. He started out under Hausen's Third Army but was soon detached to besiege Namur. At the end of August 1914, XI. Corps was transferred to the Hindenburg's Eighth Army on the Eastern Front. Plüskow was known as "der lange Otto" due to his being 6'8" tall (2.08m), reportedly the tallest general in the German Army.
 
Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
01.04.1872 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam 
16.10.1873 Leutnant
01.04.1880 Unteroffizierschule - Potsdam  (Adjutant) 
21.05.1882 Oberleutnant
03.04.1883 Erbprinz von Sachsen-Meiningen  (in his service)
19.12.1886 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam
19.12.1887 1. Garde-Infanterie Brigade - Potsdam  (Adjutant)
27.01.1888 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam  (Coy and Btn Cdr) 
19.09.1888 Hauptmann
30.05.1896 Major
22.03.1902 Schloßgarde-Kompanie des Kaisers  (Coy Cdr and Aide-de-Camp) 
22.03.1902 Oberstleutnant
27.01.1905 ,,Kaiser Alexander” Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 - Berlin  (Cdr) 
27.01.1905 Oberst
27.01.1905 Flügeladjutant Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs Wilhelm II  (Wilhelm II's Aide-de-Camp)     (concurrent with above)
02.05.1908 1. Garde-Infanterie Brigade - Potsdam  (Cdr) 
27.01.1909 Generalmajor
03.04.1911 25. Infanterie-Division - Darmstadt  (Cdr)     (replaced von Strantz)
21.04.1911 Generalleutnant
01.01.1914 XI. Armeekorps - Kassel  (Cdr)     (replaced von Scheffer-Boyadel)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 XI. Armeekorps  =  3. Armee
12.03.1917 VIII. Armeekorps     (replaced Dieffenbach)
11.05.1917 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Pour le Merite:  11 May 1917
à la suite:  Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.1  (16.8.1917)
highest rank:  General der Infanterie

 



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