Hans Alfred von Eulitz (13 September 1866 - 28 November 1945) was a

Saxon Army The Royal Saxon Army (german: Königlich Sächsische Armee) was the military force of the Electorate (1682–1807) and later the Kingdom of Saxony (1807–1918). A regular Saxon army was first established in 1682 and it continued to exist until the ...

officer who served during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Life

He was born on 13 September 1866 in the

Kingdom of Saxony The Kingdom of Saxony (german: Königreich Sachsen), lasting from 1806 to 1918, was an independent member of a number of historical confederacies in Napoleonic through post-Napoleonic Germany. The kingdom was formed from the Electorate of Saxo ...

. He entered the military in 1886 as a Second-Lieutenant. In 1893, he was promoted to Premier Lieutenant, to Hauptmann in 1899, to Major in 1906, and to

Oberstleutnant () is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to Lieutenant colonel. It is currently used by both the ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway. The Swedi ...

in 1912. In the same year, Eulitz became a staff officer in the

XII (1st Royal Saxon) Corps The XII (1st Royal Saxon) Army Corps / XII AK (german: XII. (I. Königlich Sächsisches) Armee-Korps) was a Saxon corps level command of the Saxon and German Armies before and during World War I. The Corps was formed as the Royal Saxon Corps on ...

, commanded by

Karl Ludwig d'Elsa Karl Ludwig d'Elsa (born 1 November 1849 in Dresden – died 20 July 1922 in Tannenfeld bei Nöbdenitz, Löbichau, Thuringia) was a Kingdom of Saxony, Royal Saxon army officer who was a Generaloberst in the First World War and awarded the Pour le M ...

. In 1914, Eulitz became the corps's chief of staff. He participated in battles on the Western Front. On 14 September 1916, he became commander of the 45th Infantry Brigade. After two months was named chief of staff of Armeeabteilung A. Then, in 1917, he was transferred to the Grand Headquarters. In May of that year Eulitz became an aide-de-camp to King

Frederick Augustus III of Saxony en, Frederick Augustus John Louis Charles Gustav Gregory Philip von Wettin , image = Friedrich August III van Saksen.jpg , caption = Frederick Augustus III (1914) , succession = King of Saxony , reign = 15 October 1904 – ...

; and on 6 November he was promoted to Generalmajor. Near the war's end, during a meeting with

Paul von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (; abbreviated ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany fr ...

and

Erich Ludendorff Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German general, politician and military theorist. He achieved fame during World War I for his central role in the German victories at Liège and Tannenberg in 1914 ...

, he voiced the position that an armistice was necessary. He retired from the army on 4 July 1919.

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