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Author : Lawrance, W Category : Biographies, Germany
Tags : Erich von Falkenhayn, Helmuth von Moltke, Paul von Hindenburg, Schlieffen Plan, Verdun
Erich Georg Anton Sebastian von Falkenhayn was born on 11th November 1861 in Burg Belchau, West Prussia. A career soldier, Falkenhayn rose quickly through the ranks and by 1913 had been appointed Prussian Minister of War. When the Schlieffen Plan failed in the autumn of 1914, he replaced Helmuth von Moltke as Chief of the […]
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