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August von Mackensen

1849 - 1945

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Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (ennobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), was a German field marshal. He commanded successfully during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders. After the armistice of 11 November 1918, the victorious Allies interned Mackensen in Serbia for a year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August von Mackensen has received more than 1,562,645 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). August von Mackensen is the 138th most popular military personnel (up from 168th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Germany (up from 384th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Military Personnel.

August von Mackensen is most famous for being a German Field Marshal during World War I.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, August von Mackensen ranks 138 out of 1,468. Before him are Perdiccas, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Antipater, André Masséna, Axel von Fersen the Younger, and Hermann Fegelein. After him are Pancho Villa, Hasdrubal Barca, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Louis, Grand Condé, Dong Zhuo, and Miloš Obilić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, August von Mackensen ranks 4. Before him are Ivan Pavlov, August Strindberg, and Muhammad Abduh. After him are Frances Hodgson Burnett, Édouard-Henri Avril, Bernhard von Bülow, Felix Klein, Alfred von Tirpitz, John William Waterhouse, Sergei Witte, and Bertha Benz. Among people deceased in 1945, August von Mackensen ranks 30. Before him are Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, David Lloyd George, George S. Patton, Vidkun Quisling, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Hermann Fegelein. After him are Friedrich Fromm, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Pierre Laval, Emil Hácha, Ernst Busch, and Robert Ley.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, August von Mackensen ranks 326 out of 6,142. Before him are Maria Alexandrovna (1824), Simone Signoret (1921), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Baldur von Schirach (1907), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), and Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811). After him are August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Emil Kraepelin (1856), Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883), James Franck (1882), Karl Haushofer (1869), and Valdemar I of Denmark (1131).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, August von Mackensen ranks 31. Before him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Ludwig Beck (1880), Michael Wittmann (1914), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), and Hermann Fegelein (1906). After him are Franz Halder (1884), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Paul Hausser (1880), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), Georg von Küchler (1881), and Helmuth Weidling (1891).

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