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Max von Fabeck 
(1854 - 16.12.1916)
place of birth:  Berlin


German colonel general who saw action in 1871 as infantry officer in the 1st Guards Regiment. Even though he was an imperial Prussian officer, entered the war as commander of the XIII. Corps from Württemberg. These forces saw action at the First Battle of Ypres in 1914. Later followed Kluck as commander of the First Army on the Western Front (1915) and then the Eleventh Army in Lithuania (1915). Fabeck commanded the Eighth Army for a few weeks in October 1916. He became gravely ill and then committed suicide on 16 December in Partenkirchen. Awarded Pour le Merite for outstanding military leadership during the 1914-15 campaigns in Flanders. 







Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
00.10.1871  -  00.02.1876 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam     (Lt:  18.10.1871)
19.07.1870  -  10.05.1871 Franco-Prussian War - 1870/71   
00.02.1876  -  00.08.1878 Kriegsschule - Metz  (Inspection Officer)   
00.10.1878  -  00.07.1881 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin     (Olt:  18.10.1879)
00.07.1881  -  00.04.1882 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam    
00.04.1882  -  00.09.1886 Großer Generalsstab - Berlin      (Hpt:  12.7.1884)
00.09.1886  -  00.12.1887 28. Infanterie-Division - Karlsruhe  (Staff Officer)   
00.12.1887  -  00.02.1889 Preußische Kriegsministerium - Berlin  (A1 - Army Section)  
00.02.1889  -  00.10.1889 Infanterie-Regt Großherzog Friedrich Franz II v Meck-Schwerin (4.Brandenburgisches) Nr. 24 - Neu Ruppin   
00.10.1889  -  00.10.1889 1. Garde-Infantry Division - Berlin  (general staff)    
00.10.1889  -  00.11.1893 VI. Armeekorps - Breslau (general staff)      (Maj:  19.11.1889)
00.11.1893  -  00.02.1896 Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm II (1.Schlesisches) Nr. 10 - Schweidnitz     (Obslt:  27.1.1896)
00.02.1896  -  00.02.1898 XI. Armeekorps - Kassel  (Chief of Staff)  
00.02.1898  -  00.08.1901 Infanterie-Regiment Herzog Friedrich Wilhelm v Braunschweig (1.Ostfries.) Nr. 78 - Osnabrück  (Cdr)     (Ob:  24.5.1898)
00.08.1901  -  00.04.1906 25. Infanterie-Brigade - Münster  (Cdr)     (GM:  14.11.1901;   GL:  27.1.1906)
00.04.1906  -  00.01.1910 28. Infanterie-Division - Karlsruhe  (Cdr)     (GdI:  13.1.1910)
00.01.1910  -  00.03.1913 XV. Armeekorps - Straßburg  (Cdr)   
00.03.1913  -  09.03.1915 XIII. Königlich Württembergisches Armeekorps - Stuttgart  (Cdr)  
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  09.03.1915 XIII. Armeekorps  =  5. Armee  
10.03.1915  -  15.04.1915 11. Armee, aka Heeresgruppe Fabeck 
16.04.1915  -  16.09.1915 1. Armee     (replaced Kluck)
17.09.1915  -  03.10.1916 12. Armee     (replaced Gallwitz)
04.10.1916  -  21.10.1916 8. Armee     (replaced Otto von Below)
   
   
Pour le Merite:  23 August 1915
à la suite:  Infanterie-Regiment Nr.129  (27.1.1916)
highest rank:  General der Infanterie




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