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    Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Graf von Moltke (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt fɔn ˈmɔltkə]; 25 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general...
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    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...
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  • Helmuth von Moltke may refer to: Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891), German military officer Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848–1916), German...
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    Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (11 March 1907 – 23 January 1945) was a German jurist who, as a draftee in the German Abwehr, acted to subvert German human-rights...
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    Falkenhayn replaced General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger after his invasion of France was stopped at the First Battle of the Marne and was in turn removed...
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    president Kuno von Moltke (1847–1923), German general Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848–1916), Chief of the German General Staff Otto von Moltke (1851–1881)...
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    (Colonel-General) Helmuth von Moltke the Younger succeeded Schlieffen as Chief of the German General Staff in 1906 and was dismissed after the First Battle of the Marne...
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  • Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (1907–1945), German jurist involved in the 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891)...
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    of him. A favourite of the Emperor was Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, who became Chief of Staff after Schlieffen retired. Moltke went on to devise Aufmarsch...
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    offensive adaptation of the German Aufmarsch II deployment plan by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. The German concentration on the right (northern) flank...
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    position went to Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. In 1908, Mackensen was given command of the XVII Army Corps, headquartered in Danzig. The Crown Prince was...
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    example of the cult of the offensive. Supported by offensively-minded officers such as Alfred von Schlieffen and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, it was executed...
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    of the General Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger and Generalquartiermeister, Hermann von Stein convinced him that this was unthinkable because the thousands...
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    SMS Moltke was the lead ship of the Moltke-class battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy, named after the 19th-century German Field Marshal Helmuth von...
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  • Annika Mombauer (category Academics of the Open University)
    work on General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. She is a Senior Lecturer in Modern European History in the History Department at the Open University in...
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    Junker (Prussia) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference)
    Stein Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Gustav von Wangenheim Alexander von Linsingen Franz von Hipper Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer...
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    January 27, 1914 – Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848–1916), Chief of the 1st Oberste Heeresleitung January 27, 1914 – Alexander von Kluck (1846–1934), Army...
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    men) to overwhelm France while the remainder fought against the Russian Army in East Prussia. Helmuth von Moltke the Younger succeeded Schlieffen in 1906...
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    would be too great. However, the assumption proved incorrect. For example, Tuchman noted that Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, when warned of such consequences...
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    Battle of Komarów (1914) (category 1914 in the Russian Empire)
    In pre-war planning, on 2 August, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger wrote Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, "The German army corps marching on Kalisz-Czenstochau...
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  • Wilhelm II. The Chief of the General Staff was Generaloberst Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, with General Hermann von Stein as Deputy Chief. The Departmental...
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    Helmuth von Moltke the Younger became Chief of the General Staff and instructed the APK to study and improve the performance of the Beta-Gerät. The APK...
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    against Russia. When Helmuth von Moltke (the younger) (who had chosen the old plan from 1905, made by General von Schlieffen for the possibility of German...
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    von Below (23 September 1853 – 23 November 1918) was a Prussian general in the German Army during the First World War. He commanded troops during the...
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    World War I (redirect from The Great War)
    defeat the Russians. The plan was substantially modified by his successor, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger. Under Schlieffen, 85% of German forces in the west...
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    defeat Russia. Schlieffen's successor at the General Staff, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, maintained the basic plan that Schlieffen put forward in...
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    January 1906) Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1 January 1906 – 14 September 1914) Erich von Falkenhayn (14 September 1914 – 29 August 1916) Paul von Hindenburg...
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    are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of...
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    Maximilian von Maillinger Ferdinand von Malaisé Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel Jan Matejko Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Rudolf...
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    (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke)...
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