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Wilhelm Groener

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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...

Helmuth von Moltke the Younger

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For the German military strategist of the 19th century, see Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. For the German resistance figure of the Nazi era, see Helmuth James Graf von Moltke. Helmuth von Moltke the Younger Chief of the German General Staff In office 1 January 1906 – 14 September 1914 Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Preceded by Alfred von Schlieffen Monarch Wilhelm II Succeeded by Erich von Falkenhayn Personal details Born ( 1848-05-25 ) 25 May 1848 Biendorf, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the German Confederation Died 18 June 1916 (1916-06-18) (aged 68) Berlin, Province of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia in the German Empire Awards Pour le Mérite Order of the Red Eagle House Order of the Wendish Crown Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Military service Nickname(s) Moltke the Younger ( Moltke der Jüngere ) Allegiance   North German Confederation   Kingdom of Prussia   German Empire Service/branch   Prussian Army   Imperial German Army Year...