Max Karl Wilhelm von Gallwitz (2 May 1852 – 18 April 1937) was a German general from Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia, who served with distinction during World War I on both the Eastern and Western Fronts.

[1][2] Gallwitz grew up in a Catholic family in Breslau and joined the Prussian Army in 1870.

[4] Towards the end of 1915, Gallwitz succeeded Mackensen as commander of the Eleventh Army, as the latter campaigned against Serbia.

In 1916, he moved back to the Western Front and defended against the British attack in the Battle of the Somme.

Following his retirement from the army, Gallwitz served as a deputy in the Reichstag (1920–24) for the German National People's Party.