biography
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Hindenburg, Paul (Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und) von
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pronunciation:
[hindenberg]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1847–1934)
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| biography:
| German general and president (1925–34), born in Poznan, WC Poland (formerly Posen, Prussia). He studied at Wahlstatt and Berlin, fought in the Franco–Prussian War (1870–1), rose to the rank of general (1903), and retired in 1911. Recalled at the outbreak of World War 1, he won victories over the Russians (1914–15), but was forced to direct the German retreat on the Western Front (to the Hindenburg line). A national hero, he became the second president of the German Republic in 1925. He was re-elected in 1932, and in 1933 appointed Hitler as chancellor. |
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