German general alexander von kluck family

Alexander Heinrich Rudolf von Kluck  
(20.05.1846 - 19.10.1934)
place of birth:  Münster, Westfalen  (Westphalian Prussia)
Königreich Preußen:  Gen-Insp,  OBH,  Generaloberst


As commander of the First Army during the first year of the Great War, this Prussian (Westphalian) Generaloberst was also responsible for the three northern flank armies tasked with thrusting through Belgium and sweeping through northern France to encircle Paris.

His forces defeated the retreating British at Mons and then again at Le Cateau and Maubeuge, freeing up a path for the Germans all the way to the French capital. Von Kluck was apparently a pleasant and courteous man in private life, but earned a reputation for sub-human brutality in his professional career, thus making him hated and feared by his subordinates.

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