Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
German general (1869-1955) · Germany · On the map · Died at 86
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine, was the last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne. During the first half of World War I, he commanded the 6th Army on the Western Front.
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Battle of the Somme Begins · Leader
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Paul von Hindenburg
Erich Ludendorff
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig+4 more
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From August 1916, he commanded Army Group Rupprecht of Bavaria, which occupied the sector of the front opposite the British Expeditionary Force.