The Mackensenstraße in the Schöneberg district of Berlin was renamed Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße, based on a claim that Mackensen was one of the "pioneers of National Socialism"
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August von Mackensen
Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen, was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders. After the armistice of 11 November 1918, the victorious Allies interned Mackensen in Serbia for a year. In 1920, he retired from the army. In 1933 Hermann Göring made him a Prussian…
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culture · German field marshal (1849–1945) · military officer · author · general field marshal · also August von Mackensen, Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen, Anton Ludwig Friedrich August von Mackensen, Mackensen
Born 6 December 1849 · Died 8 November 1945 · Q76909
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1945· 1 entry
Died 1945-11-08.
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1935· 1 entry
Stood by Hitler's side for the ceremonies of the March 16 Heldengedenktag, or Heroes' Memorial Day, celebrating Hitler's public announcement that Germany would cease to comply with the Treaty of Versailles, and would
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1933· 1 entry
Hermann Göring made him a Prussian state councillor
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1917· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (1914) (1917).
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1916· 2 entries
Won: Hohenzollern with Military Merit Order, Grand Cross (November 1916).
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (1916).
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1915· 2 entries
Won: Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont with Carl Eduard War Cross (26 January 1917) (March 1915).
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The newly built rural village of Mackensen in Pomerania was named after him
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1914· 1 entry
Mackensen, aged 65, commanded the XVII Army Corps, which became part of the German Eighth Army in East Prussia, under General Maximilian von Prittwitz, and then, 21 days later, under General Paul von Hindenburg
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1908· 3 entries
After the death of his first wife, Mackensen married Leonie von der Osten (1878–1963)
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In 1908, after the death of his first wife, Mackensen married Leonie von der Osten (1878–1963).
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Mackensen was given command of the XVII Army Corps, headquartered in Danzig
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1906· 1 entry
Mackensen was considered as a possible successor, but the position went to Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
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1905· 1 entry
And two years later, he married Leonie von der Osten, who was 22 years old
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1899· 1 entry
Career landmark: ennoblement.
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1891· 1 entry
Mackensen was appointed to the General Staff in Berlin and bypassed the usual three-year preparation in the War Academy
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1870· 1 entry
Awarded Iron Cross (1870).
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1869· 1 entry
As a volunteer with the Prussian 2nd Life Hussars Regiment (Leib-Husaren-Regiment Nr
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1865· 1 entry
Seemingly in the hope that his eldest son would follow him in his profession
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1849· 1 entry
Born 1849-12-06.
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