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Mackensen's Birth
August Von MackensenAugust Von Mackensen's birth. Mackensen was born in Haus Leipnitz, Saxony (Germany). His dad's first name was private but last name was obviously Mackensen, his mother's maden name was Rink. Mackensen had a sister named Amalia Juliana Mackensen. -
Mackensens Joining of the Army
Death Hat[Mackensen Bio](www.firstworldwar.com/bio/mackensen.htm)At the age of 19, Mackensen joined the elite Death’s Head Hussar, which explains his hat in all the pictures. The Death’s Head Hussars were used as military devices, not only in Germany, but England and France too. They wore hats that had skull and cross bones on them with the words “or glory” placed underneath, which meant death or glory. -
Franco-Prussian War
Franco Prussian War ImageFranco-Prussian InfoFranco Prussian WarMackensen served in the Franco-Prussian War by the age of 20. This war was between Germany, Prussia, and France. France was defeated by German states that were led by Prussia. The defeat of France ended their overall power in Europe and led Germany to become unified. -
Mackensen & Kaiser Wilhelm II
Kaiser Wilhelm IIKaiser Wilhelm II InfoMackensen was promoted to General a la suite of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Wilhelm was the emperor/king of Prussia at the time Mackensen was promoted. He was not one for war, and tried to hold off mobilizing Germany’s army, some historians claim he was controlled by his generals. -
German's use of flamethrowers
FlamethrowerFlamethrower InformationGermans were the first people in WWI to use flamethrowers. The purpose of a flamethrower is to cause fire by throwing burning fuel at your target. The german's had two types of flamethrowers, the smaller one was made for a single person for portable use. The bigger flamethrower was made and had to be used by multiple people, its range was over 35 meters. -
WWI Begins
Franz Ferdinand PictureArchduke's deathFranz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Princip. Princip shot in the car injuring both Ferdinand and his wife. Ferdinand was a close friend of Kaiser Wilhem of Germany and this angered him. The Germans tried entering Belguim and the Belguims said no. The Germans entered Belguim anyways and this started WWI. -
Eastern Front Attacks
Masurian Lakes Battle PictureEastern AttacksBattle of Masurian LakesMackensen fought in all the big attacks on the Eastern Front of World War I being a corps commander. One of these attacks was the German 8th &10th armies against the Russian 10th army that was in Masurian Lake, that in result of their successful offensive, pushed the Russians eastward. The battle of the lake was considered to be 3 to 1. The Russians had “withdrawed” in an orderly manner. -
Gorlice-Tarnow
Gorlice Tarnow PictureGorlice Tarnow InfoMackensen was told he was in charge of the Eleventh Army. In the following month he was commanding the Gorlice-Tarnow offensive. The Gorlice- Tarnow was between the Polish Salient and Russia. The Salient had the ally of Germany and Germany ended up fighting more of the battle than they did. After the battle, Salient depending on German aid to maintain their war effort. -
German's use of gases
Gas pictureGasesGerman GasesGermans used lethal chlorine gas on the French that were on the western front at Ypres, Belgium. This attack was the Germans first attack using the gas. The gases effects to humans were severe, the second someone inhaled some of the gas, their respiratory organs were destroyed, which caused the French to choke to death. -
Lusitania Sinks
Lusitania SinkingLisitania's SinkingThe Lusitania was a boat going back to Britain. This was one of the causes that America joined the war. A German torpedo was shot and that was what sunk the boat. There were more than 1,900 passengers and crew members on the boat, 128 Americas died. -
Balkans
Balkans TerritoryBalkansMackensen obtained a successful invasion of Balkans in Serbia. The Balkans were believed to be one of the causes of World War 1. The Balkans were not a specific group of people, but more of multiple nations located in Southeastern Europe. -
Battle of Verdun
Battle of Verdun War PictureBattle of VerdunThe Battle of Verdun was the longest and bloodiest battle on such a little piece of land. February 21st- December 19th was how long the battle lasted. The battle took place on less than a square ten kilometer. After the battle, there were 700,000 soldiers that were either dead, wounded in battle, or missing. -
Battle of Somme
Battle of SommeBattle of SommeThe battle of Somme was fought through July 1st- November 1st. The battle was fought by the Sommer River, hints the name of the battle. Somme was a very bloody battle with 57,000 casualties alone on the first day. By the end of the battle there were 1.5 million casualities. The British and the French fought against Germany in this battle. -
Zimmerman Telegraph
Zimmerman Telegraph PaperImportant dates. Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegraph to the Mexican Government saying that if Mexico joined Germany, they would get back Texas for Mexico. The Gemans wanted Mexico on their side in case the US decided to enter the war. The Mexicans declined their offer. Soon after, the British got knowledge of this telegraph. -
The US enters the war
Newspaper US going to warHistory Channel on US entering warDates of War The senates voted 82 to 6 on America going to War and the House of Reps. voted 373 to 50. America eventually joined the side of Britain and France. US ships begun to be sunk by Germans, one of the ships that was sunk was the William P. Frye. The German government apologized saying it was a huge mistake. -
Bolshevik overthrows Russian Government
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was the leader in the Bolshevik Revolution against the Russian Government. Alexander Kerensky was the one in charge of the Russian Government at that time.The government had little supporters, so the Bolsheviks went into the Palace and arrested lots of the members of the government.
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Battle of St. Mihiel
Americas going to St. MiheilHistory Channel US Lauches attack St. MihielImportant Dates of WWI The weather was crappy and the trenches they had made filled up with water. Even though it was crappy weather, the attack was successful because the German troops abandonded the salient. By the 16th of September, the occupation of Germans in that area no longer exsisted. US VS. German -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles Doc.Treaty of VersaillesThe Treaty of Versailles offically ended WWI. The Germans had little participation in the treaty and the Allies mostly wrote it. This treaty contained 15 parts and 440 articles. By the time the treaty was done, it declared that Germany would have to pay for reparations. -
Mackensen's joining of the Nationalist
Nazi PropogandaNational SocialistsMackensen joined National Socialist Party aka Nazi’s. Hitler organized this group against people he believed to not be the ‘“perfect man”. They believed in Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” -
Mackensen's death
Mackensen's GraveMackensen's DeathEscaping from the Red Army, Mackensen died. He died in Burghorn. Mackensen did not recieve the millitary honor buiral just to the fact that he wasn't allowed to wear cavalry uniform.
