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August von Mackensen
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August von Mackensen

1849 – 1945 · aged 96

German field marshal (1849–1945)

Born
6 Dec 1849 · Leipnitz
Died
8 Nov 1945 · Habighorst

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 110 years
  1. 6 Dec 1849BornBorn in Leipnitz
  2. 1870AwardIron Cross
  3. 1914 – 1918WarWorld War I
  4. 1916AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
  5. 1917AwardGrand Cross of the Iron Cross (1914)
  6. 8 Nov 1945DiedDied in Habighorst

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1849 – 1945).

  1. 1853 – 1856Crimean War
  2. 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
  3. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  4. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  5. 1898Spanish–American War
  6. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  7. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  8. 1917Balfour Declaration
  9. 1917February Revolution
  10. 1917October Revolution
  11. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  12. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  13. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  14. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  15. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  16. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  17. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  18. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1938Munich Agreement
  20. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  21. 1939 – 1945World War II
  22. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  23. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  24. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  25. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  26. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  27. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  28. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials

Biography

Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (ennobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), 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 state councillor. During the Nazi era (1933–1945), Mackensen remained a committed monarchist and sometimes appeared at official functions in his World War I uniform. Senior Nazi Party members suspected him of disloyalty, but nothing was proven against him.

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