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Erich von Falkenhayn
Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn was a German general and Ottoman Field Marshal who served as Prussian Minister of War and Chief of the German General Staff during the First World War. Falkenhayn replaced General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger in September 1914 after his invasion of France was stopped at the First Battle of the Marne and was in turn removed on 29 August 1916 after the fa…
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Born 11 September 1861 · Died 8 April 1922 · Q57153
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1922· 2 entries
Died 1922-04-08.
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At Schloss Lindstedt, near Potsdam and was buried in Potsdam
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1919· 1 entry
Falkenhayn retired from the army and withdrew to his estate, where he wrote his autobiography and several books on war and strategy
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1916· 2 entries
Won Large Military Merit Medal (1916).
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Falkenhayn demonstrated considerable skill in command of the 9th Army, driving the Romanians from Transylvania, breaking through the Southern Carpathians and forcing the shattered Romanian forces north-east into Moldavia
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1914· 2 entries
Saying, "Only through the fact that the Prussian army is removed by the constitution from the party struggle and the influence of ambitious party leaders has it become what it is: the secure defence of peace at home and
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Were "justifiable but overly-hasty and unnecessary"
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1913· 1 entry
Career landmark: minister of war (1913).
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1908· 1 entry
Falkenhayn was promoted to Oberst (colonel)
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1907· 1 entry
Falkenhayn became Chief of Staff of the XVI Corps
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1890· 1 entry
Studied at Prussian Military Academy (1887–1890).
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1889· 2 entries
Returned to German service in the new Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory in China, serving in a Seebataillon (Marine Battalion) until March 1899, when he became a Major in the Army
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And Hauptmann (captain) in 1893, subsequently transferring to the topographical department of the German General Staff
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1886· 1 entry
Falkenhayn married Ida Selkmann (1866–1964), with whom he had a son, Fritz Georg Adalbert von Falkenhayn (1890–1973) and a daughter, Erika Karola Olga von Falkenhayn (1904–1974) who married Henning von Tresckow (1901–194
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1872· 1 entry
Studied at cadet corps (1872).
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1861· 1 entry
Born 1861-09-11.
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