Background
Max came from the Meissen Uradelsgeschlecht Bock and Polach and was the second son of the Prussian captain Ernst von Bock and Polach (1799-1849).
officer Member of the Prussian House of Lords
Max came from the Meissen Uradelsgeschlecht Bock and Polach and was the second son of the Prussian captain Ernst von Bock and Polach (1799-1849).
55 a. In 1864 he fought in the German-Danish War of 1866 in the German war. He was promoted to the rank of captain, and he returned from the war and taught at the War College in Hanover. Shortly afterwards, he was transferred to the Infantry Regiment Number.
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1872 he became à la suite of the 6th Westphalian Infantry Regiment "Graf Bülow of Dennewitz" Number. With his promotion to lieutenant general in 1893, he was appointed commander of the 20th Division in Hannover. He led the XIV Army Corps in Karlsruhe between January 27, 1902 to September 10, 1907.
In 1907 he became inspector general of the III. Army inspection in Hanover.
On September 18, 1908, he was appointed Colonel-General. Together with Alfred von Schlieffen and Colmar von der Goltz, he was appointed Emperor at the New Year celebration on January 1, 1911.
In the fall of 1912, he submitted his resignation, which was granted with effect from September 13, 1912. They had three daughters.
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Bock and Polach became a Major General in 1890, then he returned a year later as a member of the Upper Military Study Commission and quartermaster in the Great General Staff.