Commanders

Georg von der Marwitz

Modern, German Empire

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War and Military Atlas. "Georg von der Marwitz." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/commanders/georg-von-der-marwitz.

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War and Military Atlas. (n.d.). Georg von der Marwitz. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/commanders/georg-von-der-marwitz

BibTeX

@misc{warandmilitaryatlas-georg-von-der-marwitz,
  author = {War and Military Atlas},
  title = {Georg von der Marwitz},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-military.interactiveatlas.org/commanders/georg-von-der-marwitz},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Georg Cornelius Adalbert von der Marwitz was a Prussian cavalry general who commanded several Imperial German armies on both the Eastern and Western fronts during the First World War, including the German Second Army at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917.

Facts

Birth Date

1856-07-07 1

Birth Year

1856 1

Death Date

1929-10-27 1

Death Year

1929 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Battles and Wars Led

Battle of Cambrai (1917)

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Fought In

World War I

Source Wikipedia: Georg von der Marwitz

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Georg von der Marwitz

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Georg Cornelius Adalbert von der Marwitz (7 July 1856 - 27 October 1929) was a Prussian cavalry general, who commanded several Imperial German armies during the First World War on both the Eastern and Western fronts.

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