Otto von Below

Otto von Below
Otto von Below
Born	18 January 1857(1857-01-18) Danzig, Prussia
Died	15 March 1944(1944-03-15) (aged 87) Danzig, Germany
Allegiance	Imperial Germany
Service/branch	Prussian Army
Years of service	-1919
Rank	general
Commands held	17th Army
Battles/wars	World War I

Otto von Below (18 January 1857 – 15 March 1944) was a Prussian general. He was born at and died at Danzig (Gdańsk).

Before World War I, Otto von Below became major-general in 1909 and lieutenant-general in 1912. On August 1, 1914 he took command of the I. Reserve Corps, which on the outbreak of the war was to be assigned to the Eight Army in East Prussia. During World War I, Below took part as a commander in the Battle of Gumbinnen, for which he was promoted to General der Infanterie, the Battle of Tannenberg (1914) and the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes (February 1915). He later fought in campaigns in Macedonia (1916) and in Italy (1917), where he defeated the Italians at Caporetto. In 1918, he commanded the 17th Army on the Western Front. Below retired in 1919.

Below was the cousin of Fritz von Below, another German commander during the war.

External links

• Short biography
•  "Below, Otto von". Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). 1922. 

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Name	Below, Otto von
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Date of birth	18 January 1857
Place of birth	Danzig, Prussia
Date of death	15 March 1944
Place of death	Danzig, Germany