Joachim von Heydebreck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German military officer
Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1861
Place of Birth: Schwedt/Oder, Brandenburg, Germany
Date of Death: 12-Nov-1914
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Joachim von Heydebreck
- Joachim von Heydebreck (6 October 1861 – 12 November 1914) was a German military officer who was born in Schwedt and grew up in Zützen.
- He was the son of Prussian Lieutenant General Henning von Heydebreck (1828–1904) and his wife Anna von Colmar (1837–1879).
- Heydebreck was a member of the Grenadier-Regiment Prinz Karl, and in 1893 was sent to serve in colonial German Southwest Africa.
- He was in charge of an artillery division during the Herero and Namaqua Genocide, and in 1911 became commanding officer of the Schutztruppe.
- During the early stages of World War I, after leading German forces to success at the Battle of Sandfontein, he died from an accidental explosion of a rifle grenade in Kalkfontein-Süd.
- Heydebreck was succeeded as commander of the Schutztruppe by Victor Franke.
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