Field Marshal August von Mackensen

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Field Marshal August von Mackensen was a prominent German World War I commander renowned for leading successful campaigns on the Eastern and Balkan fronts.

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instanceOf German field marshal ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Iron Cross (1870) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Military Order of Max Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ
Order of Maria Theresa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Order of the Black Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Order of the Red Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pour le Mérite NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves NERFINISHED ⓘ
battle Battle of Tannenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Masurian Lakes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanian Campaign of 1916–1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Serbian Campaign of 1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded Army Group Linsingen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Army Group Mackensen NERFINISHED ⓘ
German 17th Army Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
German 9th Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1849-12-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1945-11-08 ⓘ
employer Imperial German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
era World War I era NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName von Mackensen NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von Mackensen NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Anton NERFINISHED ⓘ
August NERFINISHED ⓘ
Friedrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ludwig NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature often wore a distinctive Death’s Head hussar uniform and black cavalry cloak ⓘ
notableFor commanding successful campaigns on the Eastern Front in World War I ⓘ
leading Central Powers forces in the Balkan campaigns during World War I ⓘ
parentOf Hans Georg von Mackensen NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Haus Leipnitz, near Dahlenberg, Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Burghorn near Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
spouse Doris von Horn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonore von der Osten NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Romanian Campaign → commanderForCentralPowers → Field Marshal August von Mackensen ⓘ
Invasion of Serbia (1915) → commander → Field Marshal August von Mackensen ⓘ
this entity surface form: August von Mackensen
Battle of Gorlice–Tarnów → commanderCentralPowers → Field Marshal August von Mackensen ⓘ
this entity surface form: August von Mackensen
Order of Maria Theresa → notableRecipient → Field Marshal August von Mackensen ⓘ
Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary) → notableRecipient → Field Marshal August von Mackensen ⓘ
this entity surface form: August von Mackensen