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    Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German military leader and statesman who led the Imperial...
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    Joachim Bernhardt von Prittwitz and Gaffron (1726–1793) was a Prussian officer credited with saving the life of Frederick the Great at the Battle of Kunersdorf...
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    Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1 September 1884 – 1 September 1955) was a German Ambassador to the United States under the Weimar Republic...
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    Ernst Karl Ferdinand von Prittwitz und Gaffron (20 January 1833 – 24 February 1904) was a Royal Prussian Lieutenant General and Knight of Justice of the...
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    Army in East Prussia, under General Maximilian von Prittwitz, and then, 21 days later, under General Paul von Hindenburg. Mackensen had his corps moving out...
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    Johann Heinrich Graf von Bernstorff (14 November 1862 – 6 October 1939) was a German politician and ambassador to the United States from 1908 to 1917...
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    Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German general who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the Afrika Korps. Esebeck...
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    led an expedition to claim these hinterlands. He took with him Georg von Prittwitz and Hermann Kersting. The group set off from Pangani, on the Tanganyikan...
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    particular personal gratitude: Hans Sigismund von Lestwitz received the estate of Friedland [de]; and Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz, who had escorted the king...
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    – Hermann von Eichhorn (1948–1918) Army Group Commander, promoted to Generalfeldmarschal in 1917 June 16, 1913 – Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848–1917)...
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    Clemens August Freiherr von Ketteler (22 November 1853 – 20 June 1900) was a German career diplomat. He was killed during the Boxer Rebellion. Ketteler...
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    Hans Thomsen (14 September 1891 – 31 October 1968) was a German diplomat in the United States. Thomsen was a son of the Norwegian-born banker Carlo Z....
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    Hans-Heinrich Dieckhoff (23 December 1884 – 21 March 1952) was a German diplomat best known for his service to the Nazi regime. Dieckhoff was born in Strasbourg...
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    Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron Maximilian von Prittwitz Wichard von Alvensleben Ferdinand von Quast Gustav Waldemar von Rauch Albrecht von Roon Prince...
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    had particular gratitude: Hans Sigismund von Lestwitz received the estate of Friedland, and Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz, who had led the king from...
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    peace treaty. After his death, he was replaced by Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron. In 1914, Maltzan was married to Edith Emma Henriette Marie...
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    von Prittwitz und Gaffron 1918 – Hans-Joachim Buddecke 1918 – Hermann von Eichhorn 1918 – Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay 1919 – Robert von Klüber...
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    Hermann Speck von Sternburg (21 August 1852 Leeds, England – 23 August 1908 Heidelberg, Germany) was a German diplomat. Sternburg was educated in the...
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    königlich preussischen Armee von 1640–1840, p. 353, at Google Books Bernhard von Poten (1888), "Prittwitz, Joachim Bernhard von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie...
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    also: ⇒ de: List of the German Empire's colonel generals Insignias 1926 – Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), Chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung. 1930 – Wilhelm...
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    earlier than expected the command of the Eighth Army, Maximilian von Prittwitz with Georg von Waldersee as Chief of Staff, performed subpar and reportedly...
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    Theodor von Holleben (18 September 1838 Stettin, Pomerania – 31 January 1913 Berlin) was a German diplomat. Holleben was educated at the universities...
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    Adolf Georg von Maltzan 1928–1933: Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron (resigned April 14, 1933 in opposition to Hitler). 1933–1937: Hans Luther 1937–1938:...
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    Batocki-Friebe Friedrich von Berg Hermann Dohna-Finckenstein Julius von Mirbach Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss...
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  • of battle: Commander: Generaloberst Maximilian von Prittwitz. Chief of Staff: Generalmajor Georg von Waldersee Oberquartiermaster: Generalmajor Paul...
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    Kurd von Schlözer (original name Conrad Nestor von Schlözer; 5 January 1822, in Lübeck, Free City of Lübeck – 13 May 1894, in Berlin, Germany) was an...
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    Liechtenstein Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron Adolf von Trotha Paul Bader Ludwig Beck Gottlob Berger Moritz von Bissing Walther von Brauchitsch Charles...
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    von Staden (24 June 1919 – 17 October 2014) was a German diplomat who was the West German Ambassador to the United States from 1973 until 1979. Von Staden...
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    100-strong hussar squadron, Rittmeister (cavalry captain) Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz-Gaffron cut his way through the Cossacks and dragged the King to safety...
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    impressive entryway is the work of the Engineer-Officer Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz, considered the leading fortifications engineer in Prussia. The sculptures...
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