Erich Marcks
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Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944) was a German general in the
Freiburg in 1909.[1]
Career
Born in 1891, Erich Marcks joined the Army in 1910 and fought in
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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Operation Draft East
As Chief of Staff VIII Corps, Marcks took part in 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 and seventeen weeks to complete.[3]
Russia, Normandy and death
In December 1940 Marcks became commanding general of the
Normandy Invasion,[4] and having had his 53rd birthday on D-Day, he was wounded in an Allied air attack on 12 June 1944 and died the same day. Posthumously, he was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (24 June 1944).[5]
In popular culture
In the film The Longest Day, Marcks is played by Richard Münch. In the TV Movie Rommel, he is played by Hans Kremer.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (25 September 1914) & 1st Class (August 1915)[2]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 September 1939)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 26 June 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 101 Light Infantry Division[5]
- Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as general and commander of LXXXIV Army Corps[5]
References
Citations
- ^ "Erich Marcks Biography", d-day overload, 19 February 2016, retrieved September 2, 2019
- ^ a b c Thomas 1998, p. 58.
- ^ Kay 2011, p. 31.
- ^ Citino, Robert M., "Danger Zone," World War II History, July–August 2016, p. 26.
- ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 526.
Bibliography
- ISBN 9781845451868.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.
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