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About Freiherr Ludwig von Falkenhausen
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Ludwig Freiherr von Falkenhausen (13 September 1844 – 4 May 1936) was a German general most notable for his activities during World War I.
Biography
Falkenhausen was born in Guben. His parents were the Prussian Lieutenant-General D. Alexander von Falkenhausen (1821–1889) and his wife Catherine née Rouanet (1825–1907).
Falkenhausen first attended a private school in Berlin and then, from May 1856, was a Cadet in Potsdam. In 1859 he moved to the main military academy in Berlin. In May 1862 he was attached to the 1st Foot Guards. Later, he was regimental adjutant of the combined Guards Reserve Infantry Regiment. He also took part in an 1866 campaign with the main army. Between October 1868 and May 1869, he served with the Guards Field Artillery as regimental adjutant.
In the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) he participated in the battles of Gravelotte-St.Privat, Beaumont and Sedan and at the Siege of Paris. At the end of 1870, he was released from the position as regimental adjutant, from July 1871 he served as adjutant of the 28th Division in Karlsruhe.
In subsequent years, he was transferred several times: from the 40th Fusiliers to the Army General Staff, then to the General Staff of the 16th Division in Trier and the General Staff of the VIII Army Corps (Koblenz). In 1885 he was transferred as commander of the First Battalion (Cologne) in the 65th Infantry.
In March 1887 Falkenhausen was Chief of Staff of the Guards Corps (Berlin). In June 1890 he commanded the Queen Augusta Garde-Grenadier Regiment Nr 4 (Koblenz). Two years later he led the 29th Infantry Brigade (Cologne) and 1893 was chief quartermaster of the Chief of General Staff of the Army. Between 1893 and 1895, he was also a member of the Study Commission of the Military Academy.
After working at the War Department in January 1895 he became director of the General War Department in the Ministry of War. In February 1895 he was appointed representative in the Bundesrat. In January 1897 he became commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division (Berlin) in 1899 and commanding general of the XIII (Royal Württemberg) Corps. In March 1902 he retired, but kept busy with military science studies.
World War I
In August 1914 Falkenhausen was Mobilization commanding general of the Reserve Corps of the 6th Army divisions. As commander of Falkenhausen departments, he commanded the German troops during the battles for the 1914/15 Delmer back and 1915/16 while the position of fighting in Lorraine. He was highly successful during the first half of World War I and was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 23 August 1915, with oak leaves following on 15 April 1916.
Falkenhausen commanded the German Sixth Army at the Battle of Arras in April 1917. He failed to deploy correctly the newly-developed defence in depth to counter new British and Dominion tactics and was removed from field command by General Erich Ludendorff.
Thereafter, he succeeded Moritz von Bissing and served as governor-general of Belgium during the German occupation, from May 1917 until November 1918. In early 1918, The Times carried an article – entitled Falkenhausen's reign of terror – describing 170 military executions of Belgian civilians that had taken place since he had been appointed governor.
He died in Görlitz.
Notes and references
Regarding personal names: Freiherr was a title, translated as Baron, not a first or middle name. Before 1919 preceding the first name, former titles are with people alive after 1919 dependent parts of the surname, thus preceding the main surname and not to be translated. The female forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
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Freiherr Ludwig von Falkenhausen's Timeline
| 1844 |
September 13, 1844
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Guben
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| 1869 |
August 21, 1869
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Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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| 1872 |
July 27, 1872
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Königswalde, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
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| 1875 |
December 26, 1875
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| 1936 |
May 4, 1936
Age 91
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Görlitz, Dresden Government Region, Saxony, Germany
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