Alexander von Kluck

May 20, 1846 – October 19, 1934

German general who commanded the First Army in the 1914 advance through Belgium toward Paris.

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Military service

• Aug 2, 1914 – Mar 27, 1915 1st Army (German Empire) Commander
• Prussian Army General

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Alexander von Kluck

 

Austro-Prussian War

 

Franco-Prussian War

 

World War I

 

German invasion of Belgium (1914)

 

Battle of Mons

 

Siege of Maubeuge

 

First Battle of the Marne

 

First Battle of the Aisne

 

First Battle of Picardy