FALKENHAYN, ERICH VON

āˈrĭkh fən fälˈkənhīn, 1861–1922, German military officer. Minister of war from 1906 to 1915, he succeeded (1914) Moltke as chief of the German general staff. He was successful on the Eastern front during World War I, but after the disaster at Verdun (1916) he was replaced (Aug., 1916) by Hindenburg. Falkenhayn later commanded (1916) the invasion of Romania, and in 1917 led German reinforcements in Palestine.

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books on: Falkenhayn Erich Von  - 128 results

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Lost Victories
Book by Erich Von Manstein, Anthony G. Powell; Henry Regnery, 1958
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns
...by his beautiful and equally intelligent wife, a daughter of the former War Minister and Chief of the General Staff, v. Falkenhayn. In those days there could hardly have been a more charming couple in Berlin army circles than the Tresckows. Tresckow and...
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Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning, 1871-1914
Book by Terence Zuber; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Germany--History, Military, Military Planning--Germany--History--20th Century, Schlieffen, Alfred--Graf Von--1833-1913, Strategy, World War, 1914-1918--Causes
...Vernichtungsschlacht. That Falkenhayn should have chosen such...action was no accident. Falkenhayn was one of those officers...operations had allowed Falkenhayn to retain the mass of...other great disciple: Erich von Manstein. Mansteins...
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Germany and the Central Powers in the World War, 1914- 1918
Book by Walther Hubatsch, Oswald P. Backus; University of Kansas Publications, 1963
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918--Germany
...Falkenhayn, was appointed chief of staff to replace von Moltke. He was intelligent, a good organizer and...warfare and blockade had not been fully known. Falkenhayn. Erich von Falkenhayn was born in West Prussia in 1861 and had held various...
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The Battles of the Somme, 1916: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography
Book by Fred R. Van Hartesveldt; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Somme, 1st Battle Of The, France, 1916--Bibliography, Somme, 1st Battle Of The, France, 1916--Historiography
...Morval. This is a first person account. 196 Falkenhayn Erich von. General Headquarters, 1914-1916 . London...in the beginning of the Somme offensive. 197 Falkenhayn General Erich von. The German General Staff and Its Decisions...
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The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918
Book by Eric Dorn Brose; Oxford University Press, 2001
...1928. Eisenhart-Rothe, Ernst von. So war die alte Armee. Berlin...Tannenberg: Das deutsche Heer von 1914. Breslau, 1928. Endres...Deutschlands. Stuttgart, 1923. Falkenhayn, Erich von. General Headquarters and Its Critical...
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journal articles on: Falkenhayn Erich Von  - 12 results

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German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich Von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916
Journal article by Neil M. Heyman; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich Von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916 (Book)--Book reviews
...Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich Von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition...Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition...study places the strategy of Erich von Falkenhayn in the context of military...
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German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich Von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916
Journal article by Douglas V. Johnson Ii; Parameters, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erie yon Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916 (Book)
...Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich Von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition...the Path to Verdun: Erie yon Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition...potential application of theory. Falkenhayn understood that shift better...
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World War I Battles and Strategy
Journal article by Daniel Todman; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916 (Book)--Book reviews, Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War (Book)--Book reviews, The Battle of the Somme: The Heroism and Horror of War (Book)--Book reviews, The Somme (Book)--Book reviews
...cloth). German Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition, 1870-1916, by...soldiers Schlieffen, Moltke, and, most importantly, Falkenhayn. Differences of opinion about how wars could be won...
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Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Journal article by Eugenia C. Kiesling; Parameters, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?--Book reviews
...peace: Austrian Foreign Minister Count Leopold von Berchtold and Germanys Minister of War and Chief of the General Staff, Generals Erich von Falkenhayn and Helmuth von Moltke. He concludes that "Moltke and Falkenhayn...
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What's in a Name?: The Development of Strategies of Attrition on the Western Front, 1914-1918
Journal article by Robert T. Foley; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
Subjects: Western front (World War I)--Analysis
...chief of the General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, believed that the war would...Strategy and the Path to Verdun: Erich von Falkenhayn and the Development of Attrition...1932), 609f. (65.) Erich von Falkenhayn, General Headquarters and...
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magazine articles on: Falkenhayn Erich Von  - 3 results

 
 
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The Great War
Magazine article by Michael Howard; The National Interest, Summer 2001
Subjects: Europe--History, War--20th century, World War, 1914-1918--Political aspects
...minister for war, Erich von Falkenhayn, famously declared...on, and it was Falkenhayn, now German chief...Junger rather than Erich Maria Remarque...a nation. But Falkenhayn, unfortunately...elder Helinuth von Moltke, had warned...
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Guilty as Charged
Magazine article by Robert Messenger; New Criterion, Vol. 22, April 2004
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? (Book)--Book reviews
...European war. Kaiser Wilhelm and Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg devised Austrias strategy toward...When this failed, the military chiefs, Helmuth von Moltke and Erich von Falkenhayn, took over and insisted on war, not just against...
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The Somme Battlefield: Peter Furtado Introduces One of the Most Traumatic Places in British Military History
Magazine article by Peter Furtado; History Today, Vol. 56, July 2006
Subjects: Battlefields--Description and travel, British history, British military assistance, Military assistance, British
...later in the day through lack of support. Further to the south, the French had also made some significant gains. Erich von Falkenhayn, the German commander-in-chief until August, ordered that not one foot of ground be lost--and the result...


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newspaper articles on: Falkenhayn Erich Von  - 2 results

 
 
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Book Reviews: Massacre of a City; the War Walk: A Journey along the Western Front, by Nigel Jones, Cassell, Pounds 7.99
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 25, 2004
...it was here that Germanys Minister of War, General Erich von Falkenhayn, chose to launch the First World Wars most calculated...invasion, being a Gallic fort before Roman times. Falkenhayn calculated that the French would throw every last...
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Germans Snub French over Armistice Venue; Survivor: French Soldier at Verdun Diplomatic Incident: Nicholas Sarkozy and Wife Carla Bruni
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 11, 2008
Subjects: French foreign relations--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Soldiers--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...a million more seriously wounded but there was no strategic gain on either side. The German commanding officer Erich von Falkenhayn, was dubbed The Blood-Miller of Verdun after he drew thousands of Frenchmen into a killing zone where they were...


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encyclopedia articles on: Falkenhayn Erich Von  - 2 results

 
 
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Falkenhayn, Erich Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FALKENHAYN, ERICH VON a rikh f n fal k nhin, 1861 1922, German military officer. Minister...at Verdun (1916) he was replaced (Aug., 1916) by Hindenburg . Falkenhayn later commanded (1916) the invasion of Romania, and in 1917 led...
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Moltke, Helmuth Johannes Ludwig, Graf Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...uncle, Field Marshal H. K. B. von Moltke, in 1882. A favorite of Emperor William II, he succeeded Alfred von Schlieffen as chief of general staff...succeeded as chief of staff by General Erich von Falkenhayn...


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