Berthold von Deimling

Berthold Karl Adolf von Deimling (21 March 1853 – 3 February 1944) was a general officer of the German Army during the First World War.

Deimling entered the army in 1871, following the Franco-Prussian War, and after working on the General Staff and in German South-West Africa rose to command a brigade of infantry in 1907. [ [http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/deimling.htm Who's Who] - firstworldwar.com]

On the outbreak of the First World War, Deimling was in command of the XV Corps along the Swiss border and commanded them during the Battle of Mulhouse. [ [http://www.xs4all.nl/~aur/layout/frames.htm?Battlefields/swiss.htm Hot spots on the Swiss border] - Oswald Schwitter] He would later command forces in the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme.

After the war Deimling became a committed pacifist and a member of the board of directors of the "Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft" (German peace society). He was a member of the German Democratic Party. He died in Baden-Baden.

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