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unusual facts about General of Infantry



Friedrich Wilhelm von Jagow

General of Infantry Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Ludwig von Jagow (8 September 1771 in Wolfshagen – 2 December 1857 in Berlin) was a Prussian officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars

Hans Gaede

Hans Emil Alexander Gaede (19 February 1852 in Kolberg – 16 September 1916 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I.

Hermann von Strantz

Hermann Christian Wilhelm von Strantz (13 February 1853 in Nakel an der Netze – 3 November 1936 in Dessau) was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World War I.

Karl August Adolf von Krafft

General of Infantry Karl August Adolf von Krafft (9 November 1764 in Delitz am Berge – 18 April 1840 in Königsberg) was a Prussian officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.


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August von Werder

Promoted general of infantry, and assigned to command the new XIVth Army Corps, Werder defeated the French at Dijon and at Nuits, and, when Charles Denis Bourbaki's army moved forward to relieve Belfort, turned upon him and fought the desperate action of Battle of Villersexel, which enabled him to cover the Germans besieging Belfort.

Karl Gustav von Strandmann

Born in the Governorate of Livonia to Gustav Ernst von Strandmann, governor-general of Siberia and a general of infantry of the Russian Army, Karl Gustav von Strandmann joined the Page Corps at an early age.

Nils Brahe

Brahe took part in the long duel between Gustavus and Wallenstein around Nuremberg as general of infantry, and commanded the left wing at Lützen on November 6, 1632, where he was the only Swedish general officer present.

Prittwitz

Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz (1795–1885), Royal Prussian Lieutenant-General of Infantry, Supervised the building of the large fortress in Ulm

Wolfgang Muff

Muff was General of Infantry for Wehrkreis XI in Hanover from 1 September 1939 until 28 February 1943 when he retired.