Erich Marcks
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Erich Marcks
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Born | Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany |
6 June 1891
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hébécrevon, Saint-Lô, Normandy, France |
Buried |
German War Cemetery, Marigny
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Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Heer |
Years of service | 1910–44 |
Rank | General der Artillerie |
Unit | German LXXXIV Army Corps |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Relations | Gerhard Marcks (cousin) |
Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944) was a German general of artillery in the Second World War. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Marcks is known as the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for 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.
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Operation Draft East
In the summer of 1940, Franz Halder, chief of OKH General Staff, directed Marcks to draft an initial operational plan for the invasion of the Soviet Union. Marcks produced a report entitled "Operation Draft East". Citing the need to "protect Germany against enemy bombers", the report advocated the A-A line as the operational objective of the invasion of "Russia" (sic). This goal was a line from Arkhangelsk on the Arctic Sea through Gorky and Rostov to the port city of Astrakhan at the mouth of the Volga on the Caspian Sea. Marcks envisioned that the campaign, including the capture of Moscow and beyond, would require between nine to seventeen weeks to complete.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- Wound Badge (1914)
- in Black
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Classes
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Gold
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 26 June 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 101. leichten Infanterie-Division[3][4]
- 503rd Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as General der Artillerie and commander of LXXXIV. Armee-Korps[3][5]
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 13 June 1944
Wehrmachtbericht reference
Date | Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording | Direct English translation |
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13 June 1944 | Der kommandierende General eines Armeekorps, General der Artillerie Marcks, der tapferer Verteidiger der Halbinsel Cherbourg, fand bei den schweren Kämpfen in vorderster Linie der Heldentod.[6] | The commanding general of an Army Corps, General der Artillerie Marcks, the brave defender of the Cherbourg Peninsula, found a hero's death in the heavy fighting at the front line. |
In popular culture
- In the 1962 film The Longest Day, Erich Marcks was portrayed by the German actor Richard Münch.
References
Citations
- ↑ Kay 2011, p. 31.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Thomas 1998, p. 58.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 526.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 302, 497.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 84.
- ↑ Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Volume 3, p. 126.
Bibliography
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Military offices | ||
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Preceded by
Generalleutnant Kurt Pflieger
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Commander of 337. Infanterie-Division 15 March 1942 – 5 October 1942 |
Succeeded by Generalleutnant Otto Schünemann |
Preceded by
none
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Commander of LXXXVII. Armeekorps 5 November 1942 – 1 August 1943 |
Succeeded by General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen |
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
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Commander of LXXXIV. Armeekorps 1 August 1943 – 12 June 1944 |
Succeeded by General der Artillerie Wilhelm Fahrmbacher |
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- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Hanseatic Cross (Hamburg)
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