Erich Marcks

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Erich Marcks
Erich Marcks.jpeg
Born (1891-06-06)6 June 1891
Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
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Hébécrevon, Saint-Lô, Normandy, France
Buried
German War Cemetery, Marigny
Allegiance  German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch 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.

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]

The Marcks Plan (published 5 August 1940) showing the A-A line in the invasion of the Soviet Union.

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Wehrmachtbericht reference

Date Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording Direct English translation
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.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Kurt Pflieger
Commander of 337. Infanterie-Division
15 March 1942 – 5 October 1942
Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Otto Schünemann
Preceded by
none
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
Commander of LXXXIV. Armeekorps
1 August 1943 – 12 June 1944
Succeeded by
General der Artillerie Wilhelm Fahrmbacher