German general alexander von kluck
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Alexander von Kluck, German General, 1846-1934
Alexander von Kluck was a German general of the First World War most famous for his decision to march to pass to the east instead of to the west of Paris at the end of August 1914.
German general alexander von kluck
He had joined the Prussian Army in 1865, and fought in the war of 1866 against Austria and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. In the years that followed his rose to colonel (1896), major general (1899) and general of infantry (1906).
In 1909 his family was ennobled, turning Alexander Kluck into Alexander von Kluck. In 1914 he was promoted to colonel general, and given command of the First Army.
This army made up the extreme right wing of the German army that invaded Belgium in 1914, following the famous Schlieffen plan.
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The aim of this plan was to trap the bulk of the French armies between the German border and the advancing German armies. They would have to march west through Belgium, then swing south past Paris, then turn east to trap the French.
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