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| Born | (1856-02-17)17 February 1856 Neisse,Silesia, Prussia (Nysa, Poland) |
| Died | 24 July 1945(1945-07-24) (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Prussian World War I general |
Arnold von Winckler (Neisse, 17 February 1856 –Bad Freienwalde, 24 July 1945) was aPrussian military officer, and a general inWorld War I.
He was the son ofLieutenant General Ewald Fedor von Winckler (1813–1895) and joined thePrussian army at the age of 17. By 1912 he commanded the2nd Guards Infantry Division in Berlin.
At the outbreak of World War I, he fought with his division on the Western Front as part of theSecond Army and participated in theFirst Battle of the Marne. In early 1915, his division was moved to the Eastern Front, where it fought in theGorlice–Tarnów Offensive.
On 29 June, he received the command over theXXXXI Reserve Corps and in September over theIV Reserve Corps to participate in theInvasion of Serbia.
In March 1916, he took over the command of the11th German Army fromMax von Gallwitz on theSalonika front. Together with his Bulgarian allies, he held the frontline until he was relieved of command in June 1917. He was sent to command theI Corps.
Winckler led the successful counteroffensive to the RussianKerensky Offensive.[1]
After the armistice with Russia in February 1918, he received the command of theXXV Reserve Corps on the Western Front, where he fought until November 1918. Von Winckler retired from the Army in January 1919.
He died in 1945 inBad Freienwalde.
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