Battle of the Somme, 1st
Commands German Second Army at the opening of the Allied Somme attack.
Role range: 1914-1918
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Fritz von Below Biography and Timeline
Follow Fritz von Below through 4 dated historical records for Germany.
Fritz von Below, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1916–1917Years on this page
1916
Battle of Flers-Courcelette
Commands German First Army forces resisting the British and Dominion attacks on the Somme front.
Role range: 1914-1918
1917
Operations on the Ancre
German forces begin abandoning exposed positions on the Ancre front under British pressure.
Role range: 1914-1918
German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line
German forces complete the withdrawal from exposed Somme positions to the new defensive line.
Role range: 1914-1918
Records, sources and methodology
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