Adolf von Boog (27 April 1866,

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— 15 February 1929,

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) was an

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officer who served in

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, holding senior positions in the General Staff and commanding field units, and later was briefly the commander-in-chief of the '' Volkswehr'' ("People's Defense") of the new postwar rump state of Austria.

Biography

Adolf von Boog was born in the city of

in 1866, formerly a possession of the

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before it became part of the unified

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. He spoke fluent

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and Italian, along with some Bohemian, Hungarian, and Bosnian. Boog was commissioned as a

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in a heavy artillery battery of the

in 1886. In 1892, Boog was appointed to the General Staff, where he remained until 1900. He then served in the 31st Infantry Regiment to 1901 before becoming part of the General Staff again, then serving in the 88th Infantry Regiment from 1907 until 1909. Boog became the chief of staff of XV Corps to 1910. In the period from then until 1911, he commanded an infantry regiment before returning to a senior staff position and then going to the War Ministry.Adolf von Boog
. ''Weltkrieg.at.'' Retrieved 30 August 2017. By the time

broke out in August 1914, Adolf von Boog was a

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in command of the 8th Infantry Brigade. He served on the Eastern Front until being appointed as the chief of staff of 3rd Army in September 1914, a post he held until May 1915. Boog then commanded the 93rd Infantry Division on the Italian Front before returning to the east to lead the 25th Infantry Division in September. He would command that unit until May 1918, at which point he briefly served as the commander of the 4th Infantry Division towards the end of the war. On 7 November 1918, Lieutenant field marshal Adolf von Boog was named supreme commander of the Austrian ''Volkswehr'' (People's Defense), the military of the Austrian state after the collapse of the Dual Monarchy. Dixon (1985), p. 41 He would retire from that position in 1919 and died in

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on 15 February 1929.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boog, Adolf 1866 births 1929 deaths Austrian lieutenant field marshals Austrian military personnel Austrian monarchists Austrian nobility Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Austro-Hungarian generals People from Belluno