Georg Fuchs (general)

Georg Fuchs (December 25, 1856 ― September 30, 1939) was a Prussian General of the Infantry who notably served during World War I.

He received his commission as a second lieutenant on February 11, 1879, from 1885 he attended the Prussian Staff College for three years being promoted to Oberleutnant.

At the beginning of World War I he was commissioned for the Occupation of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on August 2, 1914.

In October, his command shifted to the XIV Reserve Corps which was the main area of attack of the British Fifth Army during the Battle of the Somme.

After an offensive from the First United States Army, he had to give up positions east of Verdun during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel in mid-September, 1918.