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COMMANDER // 1847–1934

Paul von Hindenburg

general field marshalGermanyGermany10 battles1 war

Lifespan

1847 – 1934

1850187519001925World War I · 1914–1918 (1917–1918 U.S. combat role)Battle of Tannenberg — August 23, 1914 · German Empire · World War IBattle of the Vistula River — September 29, 1914 · German Empire · World War IFirst Battle of the Masurian Lakes — September 7, 1914 · Germany · World War IRussian invasion of East Prussia — January 1, 1914 · German Empire · World War IBattle of Bolimów — January 31, 1915 · German Empire · World War IGreat Retreat — September 1, 1915 · German Empire · World War ISecond Battle of the Masurian Lakes — February 7, 1915 · Germany · World War IBattle of Verdun — February 21, 1916 · German Empire · World War IMeuse-Argonne — Sep–Nov 1918 · Germany · World War ISpring Offensive — March 21, 1918 · German Empire · World War I

Active service 1914–1918 — 10 battles across 1 war; first command at age 67.

Profile

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. Though ideologically opposed to Nazism, he played a key role in the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 through his appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany.

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Battles (10)

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