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First World War. After the outbreak of World War I in July 1914, Rupprecht took command (2 August 1914) of the German Sixth Army in Lorraine. While much of the German army participated in the Schlieffen plan, the Crown Prince led his troops in the Battle of Lorraine (14 to 25 August 1914).
aristocrat, army general. Born 18 May 1869 in Munich, Germany. Died 02 August 1955 in Leutstetten, Germany. Crown Prince Rupprecht was the heir to the Bavarian throne and one of Germany's most senior generals on the Western Front during the First World War.
10 de oct. de 2019 · Jonathan Boff’s unconventional biography of Crown Prince Rupprecht is the first English-language account of the military career of the heir to the Bavarian throne and one of Germany’s most senior generals in the First World War.
Crown Prince Rupprecht (1869-1955), heir to the throne of Bavaria, was born in 1869. Sponsored Links. Upon the outbreak of the First World War Rupprecht was given command of the German Sixth Army sent to Lorraine to repel the anticipated French advance as set out in the pre-war Plan XVII.
Tweet. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria was the most able of Germany’s Royal generals during the First World War. He was born in Munich in 1869 to the then Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, the future King Ludwig III. He was also a Jacobite claimant to the British throne, as he was descended from the Stuarts through Prince Rupert of the Rhine.
On 24 August, the 6th Army (General Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria) tried to break through the French lines on the Moselle from Toul to Épinal and encircle Nancy. After the Battle of the Mortagne, an attempt by the Germans to advance at the junction of the French First and Second armies. [2]
12 de oct. de 2018 · Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria was General Officer Commanding Sixth Army on the Western Front in 1914–15. It draws in particular on four key interactions between Rupprecht and the Oberste Heeresleitung (Supreme Command: OHL). Rupprecht offers a particularly interesting case study for two reasons. First, he straddled dual worlds.
