German general alexander von kluck

Alexander von Kluck (born , Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (– 19 October ) was a German general during World War I.

Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (– Alexander von Kluck was a German general who, in World War I, commanded the 1st Army in the German offensive against Paris at the beginning of the war. Kluck saw service in the Seven Weeks’ War () and in the Franco-German War (–71).

Known to be a very Known to be a very arrogant and unapproachable general officer, he was the only German commander during war who had never served on the Great General Staff or attended the Prussian War Academy. Von Kluck retired from military service in early and died on 19 October in Berlin.

Kluck, General Alexander von. (). Alexander Heinrich Rudolph Kluck, ab von Kluck, (* Mai in Münster; † Oktober in Berlin) war ein preußischer Generaloberst und Armeeoberbefehlshaber im Ersten Weltkrieg. Er kommandierte zu Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs die 1. Armee, die den gescheiterten Angriff auf Paris unternahm.

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Rising through the army, he became inspector general of the Seventh Army District in During the First World War von Kluck commanded the German First Army, notably in the Schlieffen Plan offensive against Paris at the start of the war in August

Alexander Von Kluck was an Kluck, General Alexander von. (). Born, Münster, Westfalen. Kluck saw early service in the Franco-Prussian war, and moved steadily through the ranks, becoming in , the inspector general of the Seventh Army District.

General Alexander von Kluck on his German general Alexander von Kluck commanded some of the German army forces in the offensive against Paris, France, at the beginning of World War I. His troops were turned back during the First Battle of the Marne (September 6–12, ).

German general Alexander von Kluck Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (– 19 October ) was a German general during World War I.