!!!Kövess von Kövessháza, Hermann

Koevess, Hermann, of Koevessháza, b. Temesvar (Rumania), 
March 30, 1854, d. Vienna, Sept. 22, 1924. Field marshal, 
military leader in World War I, in 1914 commanded the XII corps 
and in 1915 an army group in eastern Galicia and the Bukovina, from 
Sept. 1915 to Oct. 1916 commanded the 3rd army in the Balkans and in 
South Tyrol, then the 7th army in Russia until Jan. 1918, led an army 
group in the Balkans from Oct. 1918, was entrusted by Emperor  Karl I 
with supreme command on Nov. 5, 1918.

!Literature
H. Buehrer, Feldmarschall H. K. v. K - letzter 
Oberkommandant der k. u. k. Armee, master´s thesis, 
Vienna 2000; OeBL; NDB.


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