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Birth Name: August Mackensen
Born: 6 December 1849 Died: 8 November 1945
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August von Mackensen was a German field marshal. He commanded successfully during World War I of 1914–1918 and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders. After the armistice of November 1918 the victorious Allies interned Mackensen in Serbia for a year. He retired from the army in 1920; in 1933 Hermann Göring made him a Prussian state councillor. During the Nazi era (1933–1945), Mackensen remained a committed monarchist and sometimes appeared at official functions in his First World War uniform. Senior NSDAP members suspected him of disloyalty to the Third Reich, but nothing was proven
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People I find Inspiring (40 person items)"August von Mackensen was one of the greatest military leaders of WW1. What made him so special was his ability to climb up all the way to the highest positions in the whole German aristocratic society despite being born as a son of a peasant. Von Mackensen never forgot his humble roots, and despite being sometimes labeled as a Nazi collaborator, the man actually tried to use his authority to halt the atrocities and war crimes committed by some branches of German army, but to no avail."
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