biography
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Moltke, Helmuth (Johannes Ludwig) von
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pronunciation:
[moltkuh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1848–1916)
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| biography:
| German soldier, born in Gersdorf, NE Germany. Like his uncle, Count Helmuth von Moltke, he rose to be chief of the general staff (in 1906), but in World War 1, after losing control of his armies at the Battle of the Marne in September 1914, he was superseded by Falkenhayn. |
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