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William Balck

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Allegiance
  
German Empire

Battles/wars
  
World War I

Battles and wars
  
World War I

Rank
  
Generalleutnant

Awards
  
Pour le Merite


Years of service
  
1876–1919

Name
  
William Balck

Service/branch
  
Heer

Relations
  
Hermann Balck (son)

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Died
  
July 15, 1924, Aurich, Germany

Commands held
  
51st Reserve Division

William Balck (19 October 1858 in Osnabrück – 15 July 1924 in Aurich) was a Prussian officer and military officer who reached the rank of generalleutnant during World War I. He was the son of British Lieutenant Colonel Georg and his wife Charlotte, née Lütgen, daughter of Major General Conrad Friedrich Lütgen (1790–1854) and his wife Dorothee Charlotte Lackemann.

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Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1918) in Black
  • Order of the Crown 2nd Class with Star and Swords (1917)
  • Pour le Mérite (9 March 1918)
  • Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class with Star, Oak Leaves and Swords (18 August 1918)

    • Writings

  • Kriegsspiel und Übungsritt als Vorschule für die Truppenführung, (War Games and Exercise Rides as Preschool for the Leading of Combined Arms Formations) (Berlin: Eisenschmitt, 1913)
  • Die englische Armee im Felde, (The English Army in the Field), (Berlin : Bath, 1913)
  • Nachtgefechte und Nachtübungen, (Night Engagements and Night Exercises), (Berlin : Eisenschmidt, 1910)
  • Kleiner Krieg, (Small Wars), (Berlin-Charlottenburg : Verlag Offene Worte, 1923)
  • Entwickelung der Taktik im Weltkriege, (Development of Tactics in the World War), first edition (Berlin : Eisenschmidt, 1920)
  • Entwickelung der Taktik im Weltkriege, (Development of Tactics in the World War), expanded edition (Berlin : R. Eisenschmidt, 1922)

    • References

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