Hans Gaede
Hans Emil Alexander Gaede was a Prussian officer, and later General of Infantry during World [War |World War I]. He commanded Army Detachment Gaede and was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite.
Life
Gaede was born on 18 February 1852 in the Kingdom of Prussia. He entered the army in 1870 as a cadet in the 2nd Grenadier Regiment and participated in the Franco-Prussian War. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 18 November 1870.Reactivated for World War I; Gaede was Deputy Commander of the XIV Corps, commanded by. He later got the command of six landwehr regiments which became the Army Detachment Gaede, or Army Detachment B. Gaede lead his troops in defending the upper Alsace region, however serious illness resulted in Gaede being retired again in September 1916. He died mere weeks later, at the age of 64.