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    Graf Helmuth Johannes Ludwig 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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    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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    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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    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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    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...
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    of the Reichsarchiv and other writers, described the plan as a blueprint for victory. Generaloberst (Colonel-General) Helmuth von Moltke the Younger had...
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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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    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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    Germany, was essential. Yet Conrad and his German counterpart, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, held few meetings and were only able to agree that in that...
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    Hans-Adolf Helmuth Ludwig Erdmann Waldemar von Moltke (29 November 1884 – 22 March 1943) was a German landowner in Silesia who became a diplomat. He served...
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    destined to clash. Senior German generals like Helmuth von Moltke the Younger talked in apocalyptic terms about the need for Germans to fight for their existence...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    to be leader of the Theosophical Esoteric Society for Germany and Austria. In 1904, Eliza, the wife of Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, became one of his...
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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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  • wing, but Schlieffen's successor as the chief of German General Staff, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, weakened the plan, leading to assumptions of a swift...
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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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    Navy GFM Helmuth von Moltke (the Elder), (1800–1891), Chief of the German General Staff Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Crown Prince of the German Empire...
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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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    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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    and threaten Paris from the north. Helmuth von Moltke the Younger succeeded Schlieffen in 1906 and was less certain that the French would conform to German...
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    Prussian Army Helmuth von Moltke. Bismarck's diplomatic moves relied on a victorious Prussian military, and these two men gave Bismarck the victories he...
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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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