August von Mackensen
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Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen, was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military le
Mackensen, c. 1880
Mackensen in his Life Hussar uniform with his iconic Totenkopf fur busby c. 1915
World War I monument erected by Mackensen to the Serbian defenders of Belgrade. The inscription reads "Here Rest Serbian Heroes" in German and Serbian.
Mackensen inspects soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, June 1916
Kurt von Schleicher
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Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher was a German military officer and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Adolf Hitler, Schleicher was
August von Mackensen
…ceremonial visits brought him to Passau, where he received a hero's welcome. Mackensen was, however, appalled by the murder of his friends General Kurt von Schleicher and General Ferdinand von Bredow in the Night of the Long Knives at the end of June 1934 and said so. He (with others) signed a letter to President…
Schleicher in 1932
Leutnant von Schleicher in 1900
Schleicher (left) with Groener and other officers in 1930
Schleicher before his daily morning ride in the Tiergarten, June 1932