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Ludwig Freiherr (Baron) von Falkenhausen (13 September 1844 – 4 May 1936) was a German
German Empire

The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
 general
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
. He was highly successful during the first half of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and was awarded the Pour le Mérite
Pour le Mérite

The Pour le M?rite, known informally during World War I as the Blue Max , was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military Order until the end of World War I....
 on 23 August 1915, with oak leaves following on 15 April 1916. Falkenhausen commanded the German Sixth Army
German Sixth Army

The 6th Army was a designation for German field army which saw action in World War I and World War II. The term "6th Army" is perhaps best known for its involvement in the Battle of Stalingrad....
 at the Battle of Arras
Battle of Arras (1917)

The Battle of Arras was a British Empire offensive during World War I. From 9 April to 16 May, 1917, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australian troops attacked Germany trench warfare near the French city of Arras on the Western Front....
 in April 1917. He failed to deploy correctly the newly-developed defence in depth
Defence in depth

Defence in depth is a military strategy sometimes referred to as elastic defence or deep defence. Defence in depth seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, buying time and causing additional casualties by yielding space....
 to counter new British and Dominion tactics and was removed from field command by General Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Imperial Germany Army Officer , victor of Battle of Li?ge, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Battle of Tannenberg ....
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Ludwig Freiherr (Baron) von Falkenhausen (13 September 1844 – 4 May 1936) was a German
German Empire

The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
 general
General

A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general....
. He was highly successful during the first half of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and was awarded the Pour le Mérite
Pour le Mérite

The Pour le M?rite, known informally during World War I as the Blue Max , was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military Order until the end of World War I....
 on 23 August 1915, with oak leaves following on 15 April 1916. Falkenhausen commanded the German Sixth Army
German Sixth Army

The 6th Army was a designation for German field army which saw action in World War I and World War II. The term "6th Army" is perhaps best known for its involvement in the Battle of Stalingrad....
 at the Battle of Arras
Battle of Arras (1917)

The Battle of Arras was a British Empire offensive during World War I. From 9 April to 16 May, 1917, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australian troops attacked Germany trench warfare near the French city of Arras on the Western Front....
 in April 1917. He failed to deploy correctly the newly-developed defence in depth
Defence in depth

Defence in depth is a military strategy sometimes referred to as elastic defence or deep defence. Defence in depth seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, buying time and causing additional casualties by yielding space....
 to counter new British and Dominion tactics and was removed from field command by General Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff was a Imperial Germany Army Officer , victor of Battle of Li?ge, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Battle of Tannenberg ....
. Thereafter, he succeeded Moritz von Bissing
Moritz von Bissing

Moritz Ferdinand Freiherr von Bissing was a Kingdom of Prussia General der Cavalry.Bissing was born at Ober Bellmannsdorf in the Province of Silesia....
 and served as governor-general of Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 during the German occupation, from May 1917 until November 1918.

Falkenhausen participated in the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Falkenhausen was born in Guben
Guben

Guben is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the States of Germany of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Nei?e Districts of Germany, Guben has a population of 22,184 as of 2004....
 and died in Görlitz
Görlitz

File:Typisches Haus der G?rlitzer Innenstadt.jpgG?rlitz is a town in Germany on the Lusatian Neisse River, in the States of Germany of Saxony....
.

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  • at the Lexikon der Deutschen Generale