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COMMANDER // 1891–1944

Erich Marcks

General of the ArtilleryGerman EmpireGermany1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1891 – 1944

19001910192019301940World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Normandy — Jun–Aug 1944 · Germany · World War II

Active service 1944 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 53.

Profile

Erich Marcks was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating what was later known as A–A line as the goal for the Wehrmacht to achieve, within nine to seventeen weeks. Marcks studied philosophy in Freiburg in 1909.

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Battles (1)

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