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     Georg Fuchs    






Georg Fuchs  
(17.12.1856 - 29.9.1939)
place of birth:  Danzig, Westpreußen  (Gdansk, Poland)


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 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf Roon” (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Gumbinnen
11.02.1879 Leutnant
00.00.1880 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf Roon” (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Danzig
00.00.1881 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf Roon” (1. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 33 - Königsberg
01.10.1885 Königliche Kriegsakademie - Berlin
22.03.1888 Oberleutnant
22.07.1888 Infanterie-Regiment ,,König Ludwig III von Bayern” (2. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 47 - Posen
01.04.1890 Großer Generalstab - Berlin 
09.02.1893 I. Armeekorps - Königsberg  (General Staff)
29.03.1892 Hauptmann
15.12.1894 Füsilier-Regiment ,,Graf von Blumenthal” (1. Magdeburgisches) Nr. 33 - Halle  (Coy Cdr)
22.03.1897 Großer Generalstab - Berlin 
01.04.1898 Major
01.10.1898 Königliche Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (Instructor)
30.09.1900 VIII. Armeekorps - Koblenz  (General Gtaff)
22.04.1902 7. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96 - Gera  (Bn Cdr)
27.01.1904 Großer Generalstab - Berlin
27.01.1905 Oberstleutnant
22.04.1905 IX. Armeekorps - Altona  (Chief of General Staff)
14.04.1907 Oberst
06.06.1907 4. Unter-Elsässisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 143 - Straßburg  (Cdr)
21.04.1911 20. Infanterie-Brigade - Posen  (Cdr)
21.04.1911 Generalmajor
03.02.1914 16. Infanterie-Division - Trier  (Cdr)
03.02.1914 Generalleutnant
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 16. Infanterie- Division  =  4. Armee
28.08.1916 X. Reservekorps     (replaced Kosch)
29.10.1916 XIV. Reservekorps  =  6. Armee     (replaced Stein)
11.03.1917 Armeeabteilung "C"     (replaced Boehn)
   
Assignments and Commands  (post-War)
12.11.1918 Armeeabteilung "C"
18.12.1918 5. Armee     (concurrent with command of Armeeabteilung C)
   
Pour le Merite:  22 August 1917
highest rank:  Generalleutnant




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