Adolf von Boog

Adolf von Boog (27 April 1866, Belluno — 15 February 1929, Vienna) was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer who served in World War I, holding senior positions in the General Staff and commanding field units, and later was briefly the commander-in-chief of the Volkswehr ("People's Defense") of the new postwar rump state of Austria.

Adolf von Boog was born in the city of Belluno in 1866, formerly a possession of the Austrian Empire before it became part of the unified Kingdom of Italy.

In the period from then until 1911, he commanded an infantry regiment before returning to a senior staff position and then going to the War Ministry.

[1] By the time World War I broke out in August 1914, Adolf von Boog was a colonel in command of the 8th Infantry Brigade.

[1] He served on the Eastern Front until being appointed as the chief of staff of 3rd Army in September 1914, a post he held until May 1915.