Sunday, November 04, 2007

Marwitz, Bothmer, Eichhorn and Rothmaler

Georg von der Marwitz was a German general of the First World War who played a prominent part in the first major tank battle in history, at Cambrai in 1916 and in the first major German offensive of 1918 on the Somme.
Felix Graf von Bothmer was a German general who helped to slow the momentum of the Brusilov offensive in the summer of 1916.
Hermann von Eichhorn was a German general who had the misfortune to become the most senior German killed during the First World War.
Karl Einem von Rothmaler was a German general who defended the Champagne sector of the western front from September 1914 until the end of the First World War.

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