Georg von Kanitz

Georg von Kanitz

German politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGerman politician
PlacesGermany
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth6 September 1842, Podągi
Death3 January 1922Berlin (aged 79 years)
The details

Biography

Count Georg von Kanitz was a military attaché to the Embassy of the German Empire in Tehran during World War I.
His duties included rallying pro-German units for the war in the Middle East.
Count von Kanitz was supposedly heading a force at the town of Kangavar in 1916 against Russian troops under general Nikolai Baratov where he was killed.

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