Georg Bruchmüller

Georg Bruchmüller
Georg Bruchmüller
	Georg Bruchmüller, published June 1929
Birth name	Georg Heinrich Bruchmüller
Nickname(s)	Durchbruchmüller; (German: "Breakthrough Müller")
Born	11 December 1863; Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Died	26 January 1948 (aged 84); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance	German Empire
Service / branch	Imperial German Army
Years of service	1885–1919
Rank	Colonel; Generalmajor (Tannenberg general)
Battles / wars	World War I Battle of Jugla, Battle of Riga (1917); Battle of Cambrai; Battle of St. Quentin (1918); Battle of Lys (1918); Third Battle of Aisne (1918), Chemin des Dames Offensive; Hundred Days Offensive (1918) 2nd Battle of Noyon; Champagne-Marne (1918);
Awards	Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves; Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class; Prussian Military Service Cross; Albert Order, Officer's Cross with Swords (Saxony); Austrian Military Service Cross; Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class (Austria); Military Merit Order, 3rd class (Bavaria); Hanseatic Cross (Bremen); The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Georg Bruchmüller (11 December 1863 – 26 January 1948) was a German artillery officer who greatly influenced the development of modern artillery tactics. He was nicknamed Durchbruchmüller, a combination of the German word Durchbruch (breakthrough) with his name.