Eberhard von Mackensen
| Eberhard von Mackensen | |
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| Born |
24 September 1889 Bromberg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 19 May 1969 (aged 79) Neumünster, West Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch | Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Years of service | 1908–44 |
| Rank | Generaloberst |
| Commands held |
III Army Corps III Panzer Corps 1st Panzer Army 14th Army |
| Battles/wars |
World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Relations | August von Mackensen (father) |
Friedrich August Eberhard von Mackensen (24 September 1889 – 19 May 1969) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, who commanded the 1st Panzer Army and the 14th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Following the war, Mackensen stood trial for war crimes before a British military tribunal in Italy. He was convicted and sentenced to death, with the sentence later commuted. Mackensen was released in 1952 and died in 1969.
Eberhard was born in 1889, the son of August von Mackensen. He joined the army in 1908 and served in World War I. After being wounded in 1915, Mackensen was given a staff job. In 1919 he joined the Freikorps and fought in Balticum. After the armistice, Mackensen remained in the German Army and by 1934 had risen to the rank of colonel. In 1935, Mackensen was appointed chief of staff to the X Army Corps and in 1937 he was given command of a cavalry brigade. In May 1939 Mackensen was made chief of staff to Wilhelm List.
At the beginning of World War II, Mackensen served as the chief of staff of the German 14th Army in the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Later, he was made chief of staff of the 12th Army and fought in France. On 1 January 1940 he was promoted to lieutenant general and eight months later to General der Kavallerie. On 15 January 1941 he was made commanding general of III Army Corps under 1st Panzer Army in Army Group South, and Mackensen's forces were the first to reach Kiev during the Battle of Kiev (1941). When in November 1942 General Paul Ewald von Kleist was given the command of Army Group A, Mackensen took up command of the First Panzer Army, which he led in the Third Battle of Kharkov in March 1943.
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