Biography of helmuth johann ludwig von moltke
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Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von
By Christian Stachelbeck
Helmuth von Moltke ()
Colonel General Helmuth von Moltke was the ledare of the General personal of the German Army from to and ledare of the General personal of the Field Army at the outbreak of the First World War.
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Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von
(the Younger)
German general
Born 23 May in Gersdorf, Germany
Died 18 June in Berlin, Germany
Summary
Colonel General Helmuth von Moltke (the Younger), the Chief of the General Staff of the army in Berlin from to and the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army at the outbreak of the First World War, was one of the top generals of the German Empire. His plan to defeat the French army in a rapid campaign failed in SeptemberMoltke’s War Plans
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke () started his military career in and took part in the Franco-Prussian War between From on, he was aide-de-camp of Wilhelm II, German
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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Chief of the German General Staff (–)
For the German military strategist of the 19th century, see Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. For the German resistance figure of the Nazi era, see Helmuth James Graf von Moltke.
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Graf[a] von Moltke (German:[ˈhɛlmuːtfɔnˈmɔltkə]; 25 May – 18 June ), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff, a member of the House of Moltke. He was also the nephew of GeneralfeldmarschallGrafHelmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, who is commonly called "Moltke the Elder" to differentiate the two.
Upon becoming the head of the General Staff, Moltke led the German Army from 1 January to 14 September during the opening months of World War I. His legacy remains a matter of controversy, due to his involvement in Germany's decision to go to war and in the execution of the invasion of France and Belgium that culminated in the First Battle
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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
German field marshal (–)
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (German:[ˈhɛlmuːtfɔnˈmɔltkə]; 26 October &#;&#; 24 April ) was a Prussianfield marshal.[1] The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field and one of the finest military minds of his generation. He commanded troops in Europe and the Middle East, in the Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War, and Franco-Prussian War. He is described as embodying "Prussian military organization and tactical genius".[2] He was fascinated with railways and pioneered their military use.[3][4] He is often referred to as Moltke the Elder to distinguish him from his nephew Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke), who commanded the German army at the outbreak of the First World War. He is notably the earliest-born human whose reco