Erich von Falkenhayn.
Chief of Germany's General Staff during the first two years of the First World War (1861-1922)
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About Erich von Falkenhayn
Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn was a German general and Ottoman Field Marshal who served as Prussian Minister of War and Chief of the German General Staff during the First World War. Falkenhayn replaced General Helmuth von Moltke the Younger in September 1914 after his invasion of France was stopped at the First Battle of the Marne and was in turn removed on 29 August 1916 after the failure of his offensive strategy in the west at the Battle of Verdun, the opening of the Battle of the Somme, the Brusilov Offensive and the Romanian entry into the war. Having planned to win the war before 1917, the German army was reduced to hanging on.
Everything about Erich von Falkenhayn →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, military advisor, military personnel
- Position held
- list of war ministers of Prussia, German General Staff
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Prussia, Germany
- Born
- September 11, 1861
- Died
- April 8, 1922