Helmuth von moltke the younger generation
Helmuth von moltke the younger generation
Helmuth von moltke the younger generation of man.
Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von
By Christian Stachelbeck
Helmuth von Moltke (1848-1916)
Colonel General Helmuth von Moltke was the Chief of the General Staff of the German Army from 1906 to 1914 and Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army at the outbreak of the First World War.
Unknown photographer, pre-1914, n.p.
IWM (Q 81806), http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205092981.
Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von
(the Younger)
German general
Born 23 May 1848 in Gersdorf, Germany
Died 18 June 1916 in Berlin, Germany
Summary
Colonel General Helmuth von Moltke (the Younger), the Chief of the General Staff of the army in Berlin from 1906 to 1914 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 September 1914.
Moltke’s War Plans
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke (1848-1916) started his