(1849-12-06)6 December 1849 Haus Leipnitz, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died
8 November 1945(1945-11-08) (aged 95) Habighorst, Province of Hanover, Allied-occupied Germany[1]
Allegiance
Kingdom of Prussia
North German Confederation German Empire Weimar Republic
Service/branch
Prussian Army Imperial German Army Reichsheer
Years of service
1869–1920
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Commands held
Army Group Mackensen
Battles/wars
Franco-Prussian War World War I
Awards
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves Order of the Black Eagle
Relations
Eberhard von Mackensen (son) Hans Georg von Mackensen (son)
Signature
Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen (ennobled as von Mackensen in 1899; 6 December 1849 – 8 November 1945), was a German field marshal.[2] He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders. After the armistice of 11 November 1918, the victorious Allies interned Mackensen in Serbia for a year. In 1920, he retired from the army. In 1933 Hermann Göring made him a Prussian state councillor. During the Nazi era (1933–1945), Mackensen remained a committed monarchist and sometimes appeared at official functions in his World War I uniform. Senior Nazi Party members suspected him of disloyalty, but nothing was proven against him.
^David T. Zabecki, Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History, p. 808
^See Lamar Cecil, "The Creation of Nobles in Prussia, 1871-1918" in The American Historical Review, Vol. 75, No. 3. (February, 1970), pp. 794; Gerard E. Silberstein, "The Serbian Campaign of 1915: Its Diplomatic Background" in The American Historical Review, Vol. 73, No. 1. (October 1967), 60.
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Weimar Republic
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Generalfeldmarschall