Eberhard von Mackensen (September 24, 1889 - May 19, 1969) was a German general serving in World War II. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (140th in leap years). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Early years

Born in Bromberg as the son of August von Mackensen, Mackensen entered the German army in 1908. Mackensen started World War I as a lieutenant. After being wounded in 1915 Mackensen was given a staff job. After the armistice, Mackensen remained in the German army and by 1934 he had risen to the rank of colonel. In 1935 Mackensen was appointed chief of staff to the X Army Corps and in 1937 he was given command of a cavalry brigade. Promoted to major general in 1938, in May 1939 Mackensen was made chief of staff of Wilhelm List. Bydgoszcz ( ; German: ; Latin: Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers, with a population of 369,151 (2004). ... Field Marshal August von Mackensen August von Mackensen (December 6, 1849–November 8, 1945), was a German Field Marshal, born August Mackensen in Haus Leipnitz, in the Prussian province of Saxony, to Louis and Marie Louise Mackensen. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Wilhelm List (Siegmund Wilhelm von List) (May 14, 1880 - August 17, 1971), was a German Field Marshal during World War II. He entered the Army in 1898 and served as a staff officer in the First World War. ...

Second World War

At the start of the war, Mackensen served as chief of staff of the German 14th Army with which he served in the Polish campaign. Later he was made chief of staff of the 12th Army with which he served in France. On January 1, 1940 he was promoted to lieutenant general and eight months later to general der kavallerie. In January 1941, Mackensen was made commanding general of the III Army Corps in Heeresgruppe Süd. In November that year Mackensen was given command of the First Panzer Army which he lead in the Second Battle of Kharkov. Promoted to colonel general in 1943, Mackensen was send to Italy as commander of the 14th Army which he lead until June 1944 when he retired. Combatants Poland Germany, Soviet Union, Slovakia Commanders Edward Rydz-ÅšmigÅ‚y Fedor von Bock (Army Group North), Gerd von Rundstedt (Army Group South), Mikhail Kovalov (Belorussian Front), Semyon Timoshenko (Ukrainian Front), Ferdinand ÄŒatloÅ¡ (Field Army Bernolak) Strength 39 divisions, 16 brigades, 4,300 guns, 880 tanks, 400 aircraft Total: 950... The German Twelfth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... Insignia of the German First Panzer Army The First Panzer Army (German: ) was a German tank army that fought during World War II. When formed the First Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) and was activated on November 16, 1940 with Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist in... Combatants Germany Soviet Union Commanders Fedor von Bock, Friedrich Paulus Semyon Timoshenko Strength 300,000 men, 1000 tanks, 1500 aircraft 640,000 men, 1200 tanks, 1000 aircraft Casualties 20,000 killed, wounded or captured 207,057 killed, wounded or captured, 652 tanks, 1,646 guns, 3,278 mortars, 57,626... Colonel General is a senior military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The German Fourteenth Army (German: ) was a World War II field army. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

For his service during the war, Mackensen was given the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The penultimate expression of the award: the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with golden Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds. ...

Post Second World War

After the German capitulation, Mackensen became a prisoner of war. In 1947 he was arrested and tried as a war criminal and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to 21 years imprisonment but in 1952 he was released. Eberhard von Mackensen died near Nortorf in 1969. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

References

• Dr. Gerd F. Heuer – Die Generalobersten des Heeres, Inhaber höchster Kommandostellen 1933-45, ISBN 3-8118-1408-7