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     Georg Fuchs    







Georg Fuchs  
(1856 - 1939)
place of birth:  Danzig  (Gdansk, West Prussia)


Prussian lieutenant general who at outbreak was already in command of 16th Infantry Division. His troops went into battle under Tülff von Tschepe's VIII. Army Corps, attached to Fourth Army headquarters. Fuchs was later appointed corps commander himself and also headed up Army Detachment "C", an army group which had originally been formed under General Hermann von Strantz. Immediately following the war, he replaced General von der Marwitz as commander of Fifth Army.




Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
17.09.1877  -  00.00.1880 Füsilier-Regiment Graf Roon (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Gumbinnen     (Lt:  11.2.1879)
00.00.1880  -  00.00.1881 Füsilier-Regiment Graf Roon (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Danzig
00.00.1881  -  30.09.1885 Füsilier-Regiment Graf Roon (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Königsberg
01.10.1885  -  01.07.1888 Königliche Kriegsakademie - Berlin     (Olt:  22.3.1888)
22.07.1888  -  31.03.1890  Infanterie-Regiment König Ludwig III von Bayern (2. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 47 - Posen    
01.04.1890  -  08.02.1893 Großer Generalstab - Berlin    
09.02.1893  -  14.12.1894 I. Armeekorps - Königsberg  (General Staff)     (Hpt:  29.3. 1892)
15.12.1894  -  21.03.1897 Füsilier-Regiment Graf v. Blumenthal (1. Magdeburgisches) Nr. 33 - Halle  (Coy Cdr)   
22.03.1897  -  30.09.1898 Großer Generalstab - Berlin    (Maj:  1.4.1898)
01.10.1898  -  29.09.1900 Königliche Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (Instructor) 
30.09.1900  -  21.04.1902 VIII. Armeekorps - Koblenz  (General Gtaff)    
22.04.1902  -  26.01.1904 7. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96 - Gera  (Bn Cdr)   
27.01.1904  -  21.04.1905 Großer Generalstab - Berlin     (Obslt:  27.1.1905)
22.04.1905  -  05.06.1907 IX. Armeekorps - Altona  (Chief of General Staff)     (Ob:  14.4.1907)
06.06.1907  -  20.04.1911 4. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 143 - Straßburg  (Cdr)    
21.04.1911  -  02.02.1914 20. Infanterie-Brigade - Posen  (Cdr)     (GM:  21.4.1911)
03.02.1914  -  27.08.1916 16. Infanterie-Division - Trier  (Cdr)     (GL:  3.2.1914)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  27.08.1916 16. Infanterie- Division  =  4. Armee
28.08.1916  -  28.10.1916 X. Reservekorps     (replaced Kosch)
29.10.1916  -  10.03.1917  XIV. Reservekorps  =  6. Armee     (replaced Stein)
11.03.1917  -  11.11.1918 Armeeabteilung "C"     (replaced Boehn)
   
Assignments and Commands  (post-War)
12.11.1918  -  28.01.1919 Armeeabteilung "C"
18.12.1918  -  28.01.1919 5. Armee     (concurrent with command of Armeeabteilung C)
   
Pour le Merite:  22 August 1917
highest rank:  General der Infanterie




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