Kluck Collection

The Second Phase of the Great Retreat... 1914, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Second Phase of the Great Retreat: Plan Showing the British Positions from August 28 to September 6, 1914, 1920. The map also indicates the positions of the Allies

German Colonel-General von Kluck
Von Kluck commanded the right wing of the German forces in 1914. Tommies called him Old one o'clock. WW1 Date: circa 1915

WORLD WAR I: NURSE, 1915. Hildegard von Kluck, daughter of German General Alexander von Kluck, as a nurse during World War I. Photograph from Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, 14 March 1915

General Alexander von Kluck and other officers, World War I, 1915. Kluck (1846-1934) commanded the German First Army in the invasion of France in 1914

Cartoon and portraits, Kluck! Kluck!, WW1
Cartoon and portraits, Kluck! Kluck! A comment on the defeat of General Alexander von Kluck in the Battle of the Marne, turning the German invaders away from Paris in the early days of the First

General von Kluck, German army officer, WW1
Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (1846-1934), German general during the First World War. He also served in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. Date: circa 1914-1918

ALEXANDER VON KLUCK (1846-1934). German general. Photograph, c1915

World War I 1914-1918: General Alexander von Kluck (1846-1934) with his Chief-of-Staff Kuhl. Commander of the German First Army in 1914, seriously wounded in leg in 1915, retired in 1916

A portrait of German generals sitting and standing around a table with a large map. 1910s

Alexander von Kluck, German army officer, WW1
Alexander Heinrich Rudolph von Kluck (1846-1934), German general during the First World War. He also served in the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian Wars. Date: circa 1914-1916

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The Second Phase of the Great Retreat in 1914 unfolded under the command of German Colonel-General Alexander von Kluck. Known for his stern demeanor and strategic mind, Kluck led his troops through the harsh winter of World War I. His daughter, Hildegard, also made headlines as a dedicated nurse on the front lines. Amidst the chaos of battle, Kluck's image became synonymous with the German war effort, immortalized in cartoons and portraits. (Kluck. Kluck.) Yet, the fate of the war would ultimately prove elusive for even the most brilliant of generals. (Alexander von Kluck, 1846-1934)