Erich Marcks

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Erich Marcks
Born	(1891-06-06)6 June 1891 Schöneberg, Prussia, German Empire
Died	12 June 1944(1944-06-12) (aged 53) Hébécrevon, Saint-Lô, France
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	German Army
Years of service	1910–1944
Rank	General der Artillerie
Unit	LXXXIV Army Corps
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Erich Marcks (6 June 1891 – 12 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating what was later known as A-A line as the goal for the Wehrmacht to achieve, within nine to seventeen weeks. Marcks studied philosophy in Freiburg in 1909.^[1]