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Max Hans von Boehn  
(16.81850 - 18.2.1921)
place of birth:  Bromberg  (Bydgoszcz - West Prussia)


Prussian general who saw action during the Franco-Prussian War as a young captain serving in Infantry-Regiment Nr.76.  At WW1's breakout, Boehn was called up from inactive reserves to command IX. Reserve Corps which participated in the siege of Antwerp and the Battle of the Somme (1916). As commander of the Seventh Army, he defended against Allied offensives along the Aisne (1917), at Chemin des Dames (1918) and at the Second Marne (1918). Boehn was a major contributor to Germany's victory during the Third Battle of the Aisne. Max von Boehn died on 18 February 1921.




 




Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
06.12.1867  -  03.02.1870 2. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Berlin     (Lt:  9.2.1869)
04.02.1870  -  30.09.1875 Infantrie-Regiment Hamburg (2. Hanseatisches) Nr. 76 - Hamburg
19.07.1870  -  10.05.1871 Franco-Prussian War - 1870/71
01.10.1875  -  31.10.1877 Landwehr-Regiment Hamburg Nr. 76 - Hamburg     (Olt:  11.1.1876)
01.11.1877  -  15.01.1881 Infantrie-Regiment Hamburg (2. Hanseatisches) Nr. 76 - Hamburg     (Hpt:  1.8.1880)
16.01.1881  -  13.10.1882 50. Infanterie-Brigade - Darmstadt  (Adjutant)
14.10.1882  -  10.10.1888 Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.1 - Berlin  (Coy Cdr)     (Maj:  21.9.1889)
11.10.1888  -  28.07.1890 1. Garde-Infanterie-Division - Berlin  (Adjutant)
29.07.1890  -  26.01 .1892 Gardekorps - Berlin  (Adjutant)
27.01.1892  -  12.05.1895 Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 - Berlin
13.05.1895  -  19.07.1897 3. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Berlin     (Obslt:  18.6.1895)
20.07.1897  -  17.05.1901 Infantrie-Regiment Hamburg (2. Hanseatisches) Nr. 76 - Hamburg  (Cdr)     (Ob:  18.11.1897)
18.05.1901  -  21.04.1905 9. Infanterie-Brigade - Frankfurt an der Oder  (Cdr)     (GM: 16.6.1901)
22.04.1905  -  20.12.1909 18. Infanterie-Division - Flensburg  (Cdr)     (GL:  22.4.1905;   GdI:  1.9.1909)
21.12.1909  -  20.09.1912 General-Gouverneur - Ulm
21.09.1912  -  01.08.1914 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  03.02.1917 IX. Reservekorps  =  1. Armee
04.02.1917  -  10.03.1917 Armeeabteilung "C"
11.03.1917  -  05.08.1918 7. Armee     (replaced Schubert)
06.08.1918  -  28.10.1918 Heeresgruppe Boehn  
29.10.1918  -  18.01.1919 7. Armee     (replaced Eberhardt)
   
Pour le Merite:  24 August 1916  (Oakleaves: 20 May 1917)
à la suite:  Infanterie-Regiments Nr.76;  Chef des Infanterie-Regiments Nr.163  (30.5.1918)
highest rank:  General der Infanterie




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