General Oto von Below Original Image Document from 1918 WW1

Description: General Otto von Below Historical picture document from Illustrirte Zeitung from 1918 (no reprint - no copy) Image format (without border) 5.5 x 7.5 cm - printed on the reverse. Condition: good - see scan! Shipping is of course quick and packaged to be kink-proof! Shipping:within Germany free of charge - please send an email.Please also note my other offers! Here are more motifs in the shop! Shipping costs only apply once for multiple items purchased! Documentation: Otto Ernst Vincent Leo von Below (* 18. January 1857 in Danzig; † 9 March 1944 in Besenhausen) was a Prussian infantry general in World War I. He is particularly well known for his position as commander-in-chief of the 14th Army, which consisted of German and Austro-Hungarian troops. Army at the Battle of Karfreit 1917. Otto came from the old noble family of Below. He was the eldest son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Hugo von Below (1824-1905) and his wife Alexandra Ludowika Friederike, née von Lupinski (1827-1898). His two younger brothers, Hans and Günther Friedrich Wilhelm, also pursued a military career. Below graduated from high schools in Wiesbaden and Weilburg. He then attended the cadet schools in Oranienstein and Berlin and was born on 15. April 1875 as Second Lieutenant in the Fusilier Regiment "von Gersdorff" (Electoral Hessian) No. 80 transferred to the Prussian army in Wiesbaden. He attended the War Academy from 1884 to 1887 and joined the General Staff in 1889. After working with the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Grenadier Regiment No. 89 in Schwerin, Below became the First General Staff Officer (Ia) of the 27th Division in 1894. Division (2nd Royal Württembergische) appointed in Ulm. In 1897 he was promoted to Major Battalion Commander in the Fusilier Regiment "Prinz Heinrich von Prussia" (Brandenburgisches) No. 35. In 1902 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel to the regimental staff of the infantry regiment "Markgraf Karl" (7th rank). Brandenburg) No. 60, which was in Weißenburg. In April 1905, shortly after his promotion to colonel, he took over the infantry regiment "von Courbière" (2. Posensches) No. 19 in Görlitz, then in March 1909, promoted to major general, the 43. 22nd Infantry Brigade division in Kassel. His last pre-war position, from April 1912, was Commander of the 2. Division headquartered in Königsberg, for which he was promoted to Generalleutnant. During the mobilization for the First World War, Below was killed on April 2. Appointed Commanding General of the I Reserve Corps on August 1914. After the battles of Gumbinnen and Tannenberg, he was killed on 30. Promoted to general of infantry in August 1914. As such, he led the corps into the Battle of the Masurian Lakes in East Prussia. On the 8th On November 1st he became Commander-in-Chief of the 8. Army, which was called the Njemen Army from May to December 1915. From 11. October 1916 he was Commander-in-Chief German-Bulgarian troops on the Salonika front, which were grouped together as Army Group "Below". "Lauenburg hunters, in the presence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army Group, General von Below, who was himself in the combat area, stormed the height 1212, the key point of the German and Bulgarian positions in the Cerna arc, in freezing cold and driving snow, and snatched this important height from the Serbs" - from the Army report for the 18th November 1916 Crown Prince Boris III, who was also staying with his troops. Bulgaria reported this act to Sofia, from where it reached Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who forwarded it directly to the Emperor at the Grand Headquarters. He immediately appointed von Below chief of the Lauenburg Jäger Battalion No. 9 to Ratzeburg. On the 23rd April 1917 he temporarily took over the 6. Army on the western front and on 9. September 1917 the 14. Army. With this army, composed of nine Austro-Hungarian and six German divisions, he achieved his most important military success at the Battle of Karfreit (ital. Caporetto), the 12th and last Battle of the Isonzo, in October and November 1917 against the Italian army under the supreme command of General Luigi Cadorna. The battle ended in a catastrophic defeat for the Italians, who lost more than 300,000 men (including some 270,000 prisoners of war) and half their heavy artillery. The Italian front could only be stabilized again with Allied military aid on the Piave. On the 1st February 1918 Below was given command of the newly formed 17. Army, which was one of the three shock armies in the German Michael Offensive in March 1918. On 12. October 1918 he was still supreme commander of the 1. Army before, a few days before the armistice, he November was commissioned with the organization of Heimatschutz West. After the November Revolution, Below was born on November 28. December 1918 Commanding General of the XVII. Army Corps, with which he was deployed to the East Border Guard in West Prussia. After the German acceptance of the Treaty of Versailles, he resigned on 27. June 1919 retired. Below was a member of the Pan-German Association and the German National People's Party. He was active in the fatherland associations of North Germany, which he temporarily headed, and was involved in several putsch plans against the republic until 1923. He spent the rest of his life in Kassel.Source: WikipediaIf combined shipping via eBay doesn't work, I will of course refund the overpaid shipping costs! Otto Ernst Vincent Leo von Below (* 18. January 1857 in Danzig; † 9 March 1944 in Besenhausen) was a Prussian infantry general in World War I. He is particularly well known for his position as commander-in-chief of the 14th Army, which consisted of German and Austro-Hungarian troops. Army at the Battle of Karfreit 1917. Otto came from the old noble family of Below. He was the eldest son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Hugo von Below (1824-1905) and his wife Alexandra Ludowika Friederike, née von Lupinski (1827-1898). His two younger brothers, Hans and Günther Friedrich Wilhelm, also pursued a military career. Below graduated from high schools in Wiesbaden and Weilburg. He then attended the cadet schools in Oranienstein and Berlin and was born on 15. April 1875 as Second Lieutena

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