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Born 1849 • Estonia • Russian Empire
Died 1930 (aged 81)
Role In Franco-German War • World War I
Rudolf Franz Höss
German Nazi commandant
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg
German president
Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Helmuth von Moltke
Helmuth von Moltke
German military commander [1848–1916]
Dietrich, Sepp
Josef Dietrich
German military officer
Alfred von Schlieffen
German military officer
Groener, Wilhelm
Wilhelm Groener
German general and politician
Kluck, 1914
Alexander von Kluck
German general
Georg Bruchmüller
German artillery officer
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
German officer
August von Mackensen
August von Mackensen
German military officer
Paul Hausser, German Waffen-SS commander, World War II.
Paul Hausser
German military officer
Erich von Falkenhayn
Erich von Falkenhayn
German general
William II.
William II
emperor of Germany
Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau
German statesman
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German statesman
Arthur Zimmermann
German statesman
Scheer, Reinhard
Reinhard Scheer
German admiral
Maximilian, Graf von Spee
German admiral

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