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Wilhelm Groener Reich Minister of Defence Weimar Republic In office 20 January 1928 – 13 May 1932 Chancellor Wilhelm Marx Hermann Müller Heinrich Brüning Preceded by Otto Gessler Succeeded by Kurt von Schleicher Reich Minister of the Interior Weimar Republic In office 9 October 1931 – 30 May 1932 Chancellor Heinrich Brüning Preceded by Joseph Wirth Succeeded by Wilhelm von Gayl Reich Minister of Transport   Weimar Republic In office 25 June 1920 – 12 August 1923 Chancellor Konstantin Fehrenbach Joseph Wirth Wilhelm Cuno Preceded by Gustav Bauer Succeeded by Rudolf Oeser Chief of the German General Staff German Empire In office 3 July 1919 – 7 July 1919 Preceded by Paul von Hindenburg Succeeded by Hans von Seeckt Personal details Born Karl Eduard Wilhelm Groener ( 1867-11-22 ) 22 November 1867 Ludwigsburg, Neckar District, Württemberg Died 3 May 1939 (1939-05-03) (aged 71) Potsdam-Bornstedt, Brandenburg, Nazi Germany Nationality German Political party Independent Military service A...

Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven (May 20, 1855 in Copenhagen – October 19, 1924 in Weimar) was a Prussian general and a writer on military matters, being awarded the Pour le Mérite in 1916 for his work as a historian. [1] He came from an old Westphalian family, the son of a diplomat, Karl von Freytag-Loringhoven (1811–1882). He entered the Imperial German army in 1877, a few years after German unification, as a lieutenant. From 1887 to 1896 he taught military history at the Prussian Military Academy in Berlin. He then worked for a while for Alfred von Schlieffen, later being described as "Schlieffen's favorite disciple", [2] and in 1907 took command of the 12th Regiment of Grenadiers at Frankfurt an der Oder. In 1910 he became Oberquartiermeister , and in December 1913 took command of the 22nd Division at Cassel. With the mobilisation of troops in 1914 for World War I, he became firstly a liaison officer with th...

This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (June 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Erich von Falkenhayn Prussian Minister of War In office 7 June 1913 – 21 January 1915 Monarch Wilhelm II Prime Minister Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Preceded by Josias von Heeringen Succeeded by Adolf Wild von Hohenborn Chief of the German General Staff In office 14 September 1914 – 29 August 1916 Monarch Wilhelm II Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Preceded by Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Succeeded by Paul von Hindenburg Personal details Born 11 September 1861 Burg Belchau, Kingdom of Prussia Died 8 April 1922 (aged 60) Potsdam, Prussia, Weimar Republic Spouse(s) Ida Selkmann Relations Eugen von Falkenhayn (brother) Fedor von Bock (nephew) Henning von Tresckow (son-in-law) Children Fritz Ge...