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small area could not be fed for more than a day or two. He believed that the essence of strategy lay in arrangements for the separation of the corps for marching and their concentration in time for battle. To make a large army manageable, it must be broken up into separate armies or groups of corps, each group under a commander authorized to regulate its movements and action subject to the instructions of the commander-in-chief as regards the direction and purpose of its operations.
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battle. Campaign and battle plans should encourage and take advantage of the decentralization that would be necessary in any case. In this new concept, commanders of distant detachments were required to exercise initiative in their decision-making and Moltke emphasized the benefits of developing officers who could do this within the limits of the senior commander's intent. He accomplished this by means of
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1162:. One of Moltke's characteristic strategies, seen in all his plans for war with Russia and France, was what has been called the offensiveâdefensive strategy, maneuvering his army to cut the lines of communication of the enemy force and then dig in and defeat the enemy force trying to re-establish its lines of communication in a defensive action. Moltke had pondered the tactics of Napoleon at the
1784:, was chief from 1906 to 1914.) Moltke officially retired from active service on 9 August 1888. His 90th birthday on 26 October 1890 was declared a national holiday. Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke died at his home in Berlin on 24 April 1891 after a short illness. He received a state funeral where his body lay in state surrounded by military honors and thousands paid their respects, including
1546:, it could still be attacked from two sides by the Second and Third Armies in co-operation. The intention of the great right wheel was to attack the principal French army in such a direction as to drive it north and cut its communications with Paris. The fortress of Metz was to be only monitored, and the main German forces, after defeating the chief French army, would then march against Paris.
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1357:, marched faster than Moltke expected, and might have opposed Prince Frederick Charles (the Red Prince) with four or five corps; but Benedek's attention was centered on Crown Prince Frederick William, and his four corps, not under a common command, were beaten in detail. On 1 July Benedek collected his shaken forces into a defensive position in front of
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famous and one less so, translated into
English as "No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength" (or "no plan survives contact with the enemy") and "Strategy is a system of expedients". Right before the Austro-Prussian War, Moltke was promoted to
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General Staff. After the war, he became a national hero and celebrity. More than 50 monuments to Moltke were erected throughout Germany in the late 19th and
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From this time Moltke's strategy is remarkable for its judicious economy of force, for he was wise enough never to attempt more than was practicable with the means at his disposal. The surrender of Metz and of Paris was just a question of time, and the problem was, while maintaining the sieges, to be
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Moselle opposite Metz, while the Second and Third Armies should push forward, the Third Army to defeat the French force near Strasbourg, and the Second
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in 1871. The aspects of such a war had occupied Moltke's attention almost continuously since 1857; documents published after his death show the many times he considered such a war and the best arrangement of the
Prussian or German forces for such a campaign. The arrangements for the transport of the
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of 1866. In the strategy for the war the main points are as follows. First Moltke demonstrated a concentration of effort. There were two enemy groups opposing the
Prussians, the Austro-Saxon armies, 270,000 and their allied North and South German armies, some 120,000 strong. The Prussian forces were
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at Metz and set out with the two others to march towards Paris, the more southerly one leading, so that when MacMahon's army should be found the main blow might be delivered from the south and MacMahon driven to the north. On 25 August it was found that MacMahon was moving north-east for the relief
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The successes of 1866 had strengthened Moltke's position, so that when, on 5 July 1870, the order for the mobilization of the
Prussian and South German forces was issued, his plans were adopted without dispute. Five days later he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army for the duration of the war.
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and other territory beyond what was actually taken; he feared the active intervention of France. Moltke, however, was confident of beating both French and
Austrians if the French should intervene, and he submitted to Bismarck his plans in case a war against both France and Austria proved necessary.
1186:(directives stating his intentions) rather than detailed orders and he was willing to accept deviations from a directive provided that it was within the general framework of the mission. Moltke held this view firmly and it later became a fundamental of all German military theory, especially for the
919:. This book was well received at the time. Early the next year he married a young English woman, Maria Bertha Helena Burt, whose father John Heyliger Burt had married Moltke's sister Augusta. It was a happy union, though there were no children. In 1840, Moltke had been appointed to the staff of the
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Auguste after the death of his first wife, who was also a German. They remained married until Marie's death on 24 December 1868, although they had no children. He was devoted to his wife, and long after her death still daily visited the chapel where she and
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Moltke was not quite satisfied with the Battle of KöniggrÀtz. He tried to have the
Prussian Army of the Elbe brought up above KöniggrÀtz, so as to prevent the Austrian retreat, but its commanding officer failed to get there in time. He also tried to prevent the Prussian First Army from pushing its
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until he could attack it with the Second Army in front and the First Army on its left flank. But these unexpected victories did not disconcert Moltke, who carried out his intended advance to Pont-Mousson, crossed the Moselle with the First and Second Armies, then faced north and wheeled round, so
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had to be understood as a system of options, since it was possible to plan only the beginning of a military operation. As a result, he considered the main task of military leaders to consist in the extensive preparation of all possible outcomes. His thesis can be summed up by two statements, one
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In dealing with the Austrian and Saxon army, the difficulty was to have the Prussian army ready first. This was not easy, as the king would not mobilize until after the Austrians. Moltke's railway knowledge helped him to save time. Five railway lines led from the various Prussian provinces to a
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1326:. On June 22, 1866, Moltke told the two princes that Gitschin was the desirable point for juncture of the two armies. He foresaw that the march of the Crown Prince would probably bring him into collision with a portion of the Austrian army. Prince Friedrich Karl sent the
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and visited and mapped many parts of the Ottoman Empire. In 1839 the army moved south to fight the Egyptians but upon their approach, the general refused to listen to Moltke's advice. Moltke resigned his post of staff officer and took charge of the artillery. In the
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into German, for which he was to receive 75 marks, his object being to earn the money to buy a horse. In eighteen months he had finished nine volumes out of twelve but the publisher failed to produce the book and Moltke never received more than 25 marks.
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to Gitschin; but the Crown Prince had 100,000 men, and it was not likely that the Austrians could have a stronger force. When Friedrich Karl commanded further attacks, straining his own supply lines, Moltke inferred that the prince was trying to take
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in Italy caused the mobilization of the Prussian army, though it did not fight. After the mobilization, the army was reorganized and its strength was nearly doubled. The reorganization was the work not of Moltke but of the Prince Regent,
1025:. Moltke watched the Italian campaign closely and wrote a history of it in 1862. In an act that was yet another first in military affairs, this history was attributed on the title-page to the historical division of the Prussian staff.
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in accordance with altered conditions of his age, was the first to realize the great defensive power of modern firearms, and realized that an enveloping attack had become more formidable than an attempt to pierce an enemy's front.
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1170:'s corps, coming from a great distance, against the flank of the allies, rather than to unite it with his own force before the battle; he had also drawn this conclusion from the combined action of the allies at the
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army by railway were revised annually to suit the changes in his plans brought about by political conditions and by the growth of the army, as well as by the improvement of the Prussian system of railways.
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attack too hard, hoping in that way to keep the Austrians in their position until their retreat should be cut off by the Crown Prince's army, but this also did not happen. During the negotiations,
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of Bazaine. The moment Moltke was satisfied of the accuracy of his information, he ordered the German columns to turn their faces north instead of west. MacMahon's right wing was attacked at
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series of points on the southern frontier. By employing all these railways at once, Moltke had all his army corps moved simultaneously from their peacetime garrisons to the frontier.
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Moltke was well received at court and in the best society of Berlin. His tastes inclined him to literature, to historical study, and to travel. In 1827 he published a short romance,
1001:, the new king appointed Moltke as Chief of the Prussian General Staff on 29 October 1857. He would hold the position for the next 30 years (though after the establishment of the
938:, which was well received in military circles. In the same year, he served in Rome as personal adjutant to Prince Henry of Prussia, which allowed him to create another map of the
3483:"Count Von Moltke Dead. Career Of Germany's Famous Field Marshal Ended. Death Came Suddenly Last Evening. Great Sorrow In Berlin. The Life Of A Man To Whom War Brought Greatness"
671:. He is described as embodying "Prussian military organization and tactical genius". He was fascinated with railways and pioneered their military use. He is often referred to as
927:, stationed at Berlin. He published his maps of Constantinople, and, jointly with other German travellers, a new map of Asia Minor and a memoir on the geography of that region.
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began in February 1864, Moltke was not sent with the Prussian forces, but kept at Berlin. His war plan was mismanaged, and the Danish army escaped to the fortresses of
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was published. This history was produced under Moltke's supervision and was regarded as quite accurate at the time. In the same year Moltke became a member of
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Blood and Iron: From Bismarck to Hitler the Von Moltke Family's Impact on German History
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Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George: A Nominal List, 1769â1920
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From Triumph to Disaster: The Fatal Flaws of German Generalship from Moltke to Guderian
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An Account of the Internal Circumstances and Social Conditions of Poland
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Essays, speeches, and memoirs of Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke
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Coumbe, Arthur T. "Operational Control in the Franco-Prussian War,"
2986:(in Danish). Copenhagen: Dansk Historisk HĂ„ndbogsforlag. p. 63.
1526:. Three army corps were held back in north-Eastern Germany, in case
1455:(1870â71), which paved the way for the creation of the Prussian-led
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Letters on Conditions and Events in Turkey in the Years 1835 to 1839
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planned landing on Als or Funen. On June 29, battalions (part of
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Once home Moltke published some of the letters he had written as
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Vagts, Alfred. "Land and Sea Power in the Second German Reich."
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Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Ăsterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie
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Military personnel from the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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3619:"Restored Edison Records Revive Giants of 19th-Century Germany"
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Verdienste um das zur Einheit wiedergeborene Deutsche Vaterland
3296:. vol. 2, part 2, pp. 33â40. Found in Hughes, Daniel J. (ed.)
2861:). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (
761:), where he studied the full three years, graduating in 1826.
725:). But the next year he was left impoverished when during the
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Leaders & Battles Database: Count Helmuth Karl von Moltke
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Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
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Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
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A genius for war: the German army and general staff 1807â1945
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Moltke (left) advising Ottoman commander Hafiz Pasha at Nezib
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and a second lieutenant in the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment.
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Chief of the Prussian General Staff and Great General staff
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Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree
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Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War.
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Berlin, head sculpture of Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke
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Moltke planned and led the military operations during the
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von Moltke, then aged 88, made two audio recordings with
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Moltke again planned and led the Prussian armies in the
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burned his country house and plundered his townhouse in
647:; 26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891) was a
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Prussian military personnel of the Second Schleswig War
3852:(1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden"
3797:(1883) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des BĂ€ren" p.
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Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
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Newspaper clippings about Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
4304:. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1996.
3570:. Papers Past (National Library of New Zealand). 1891.
3556:. Papers Past (National Library of New Zealand). 1891.
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Moltke's plan was to assemble the whole army south of
679:(Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke), who commanded the
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Military personnel from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
3869:(1879), "GroĂherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" pp.
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StaatshandbĂŒcher fĂŒr das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg
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This plan was carried out in its broad outlines. The
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was beaten, but Moltke's actions were well-regarded.
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German military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War
3996:. Librairie polytechnique De Decq. 1868. p. 52.
3835:. Ingolstadt: Ganghofer'sche Buchdruckerei. p.
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Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russia)
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Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton
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Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich WĂŒrttemberg
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The 1880s Speak: Recent Developments in Archeophony
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5034:Knights Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy
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3904:Staatshandbuch fĂŒr den Königreich Sachsen: 1888/89
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5024:Grand Crosses of the Military Order of Max Joseph
4999:Recipients of the Pour le MĂ©rite (military class)
4934:Members of the 8th Reichstag of the German Empire
4929:Members of the 7th Reichstag of the German Empire
4924:Members of the 6th Reichstag of the German Empire
4919:Members of the 5th Reichstag of the German Empire
4914:Members of the 4th Reichstag of the German Empire
4909:Members of the 3rd Reichstag of the German Empire
4904:Members of the 2nd Reichstag of the German Empire
4899:Members of the 1st Reichstag of the German Empire
3866:Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des GroĂherzogtum Hessen
4488:Moltke, Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf Von (1800â91)
3810:Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des GroĂherzogtum Baden
5009:Recipients of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
4348:, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1977.
4266:Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer 1991), pp. 295â307.
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1561:was not intended by Moltke, who wished to keep
1443:1888â1946). The statue was torn down after the
1234:, Moltke, three leaders of Prussia in the 1860s
936:The Russo-Turkish Campaign in Europe, 1828â1829
846:, and surveyed the city of Constantinople, the
5044:Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
5004:Recipients of the Pour le MĂ©rite (civil class)
4225:Moltke and His Generals: A Study in Leadership
4073:. Paris: Archives & Culture. p. 510.
3300:. (1993). Presidio Press: New York, New York.
3098:The Knights of the Order of the Pour le MĂ©rite
3093:Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mĂ©rite 1812â1913
2984:Den Danske LandmilitĂŠretat 1801â1894: II. Bind
2899:"Optimism has made wars likelier and bloodier"
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4250:Moltke, Schlieffen and Prussian War Planning.
4007:Italia : Ministero dell'interno (1889).
3795:Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt
3163:Moltke, Schlieffen, and Prussian War Planning
1799:. No trace of his remains is known to exist.
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4380:Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings
3780:, Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei:
3730:, Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei:
3298:Moltke on the Art of War: selected writings
1895:"Dein Ohr leih jedem, wen'gen deine Stimme"
1694:Moltke as Chief of Staff after the two wars
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4989:Prussian people of the Austro-Prussian War
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3832:Der K. Bayerische MilitÀr-Max-Joseph-Orden
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4842:Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
4764:Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
4718:Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien
4512:Moltke's tactical problems from 1858â1882
4411:Moltke's Military Correspondence, 1870â71
4276:, 1st ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.
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3292:Originally in Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von,
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905:Thus on 7 November 1839, he received the
212:7 October 1857 â 18 January 1871
133:18 January 1871 â 10 August 1888
4328:The Art of War: War and Military Thought
4200:Moltke, Helmuth Carl Bernhard, Count von
3902:Sachsen (1888â1889). "Königlich Orden".
3693:Rangliste de Königlich PreuĂischen Armee
3532:. Simon & Schuster. pp. 84â85.
3123:"Moltke, Helmuth von | Encyclopedia.com"
3100:] (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin:
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1617:an armistice was concluded at Versailles
1612:ended with its surrender on 27 October.
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717:service. In 1805, his father settled in
60:of all important aspects of the article.
4013:. Unione tipografico-editrice. p.
3927:(1885), "GroĂherzogliche Hausorden" p.
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1980:26 September 1850: Lieutenant Colonel (
1908:, both of which were engraved onto two
354: 1842; died 1868)
4939:Members of the Prussian House of Lords
4498:Papers of Helmuth von Moltke 1800â1891
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4010:Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia
3443:Seewald, Berthold (2 September 2021).
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1925:From the corresponding article in the
1914:Thomas Edison National Historical Park
1431:Portrait of Helmuth von Moltke in 1877
1135:Instructions for Large Unit Commanders
980:Statue of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
271:(as Chief of the German General Staff)
56:Please consider expanding the lead to
4894:German Conservative Party politicians
4467:Works by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
4458:Works by Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
4235:Moltke and the German Wars, 1864â1871
4147:Field-Marshal Count Moltke, 1800â1878
3595:from the original on 12 December 2021
3395:
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2191:Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal
2015:16 June 1871: General Field Marshal (
1815:, a member of a wealthy slave-owning
1369:opposed the king's wish to annex the
798:. In 1831 he wrote an essay entitled
642:
636:Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke
7:
4708:Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von BĂŒlow
4514:by Helmuth von Moltke at archive.org
4506:by Helmuth von Moltke at archive.org
4137:The Franco-German War, 1870â1871 ...
3351:(in Korean). êčììŹ. pp. 278â279.
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2580:Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen
2525:Grand Cross of the WĂŒrttemberg Crown
1820:her sister were buried to meditate.
1675:, Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke,
1100:and occupied the remaining parts of
5029:Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
5014:Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870)
4949:Field marshals of the German Empire
4713:Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden
4362:. Princeton University Press, 1986.
4290:. Princeton University Press, 1986.
3993:Almanach royal officiel de Belgique
3770:"Königlich Preussische Ordensliste"
3720:"Königlich Preussische Ordensliste"
3516:(HarperPerennial, 1995), pp. 10â15.
2390:: Military Merit Medal, with Swords
2253:Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
1938:1 January 1819: Second Lieutenant (
1698:In October 1870, Moltke was made a
1514:; the Second of 130,000 men, under
675:to distinguish him from his nephew
4964:19th-century German letter writers
4599:Chiefs of the German General Staff
4493:Quotations from Helmuth von Moltke
3345:Song, Dong-hun (28 October 2010).
3102:Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn
2733:Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword
2050:Granted the noble title of Count (
2008:8 June 1866: General of Infantry (
1952:19 March 1822: Second Lieutenant (
1874:, a German native who worked with
1858:Second recording of Moltke's voice
1731:Second Italian War of Independence
1652:. Bronze medal by August Schabel,
1636:The Moltke palace at Kreisau, now
1380:Schweidnitz (present-day Ćwidnica)
25:
4754:Helmuth Graf von Moltke the Elder
3942:(1886/7), "Königliche Orden" pp.
3784:, 1877 – via hathitrust.org
3758:, 1886 – via hathitrust.org
3645:Beck, Benjamin S. (25 May 2019).
2781:Grand Cross of the White Elephant
2001:31 May 1859: Lieutenant General (
1959:30 March 1833: First Lieutenant (
1847:First recording of Moltke's voice
4759:Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
4504:The Franco-German War of 1870â71
4474:
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4154:Wagner, Arthur Lockwood (1899).
3812:(1873), "GroĂherzogliche Orden"
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1677:Graf Konrad von Kleist-Schmenzin
1516:Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia
883:EgyptianâOttoman War (1839â1841)
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27:German field marshal (1800â1891)
4969:German male non-fiction writers
4376:Hughes, Daniel J., ed. (1993).
4134:Prussian General Staff (1876).
4127:The Campaign of 1866 in Germany
4125:Prussian General Staff (1872).
4102:(in Swedish), 1890, p. 387
3581:Patrick Feaster (19 May 2012).
2502:Grand Cross of the White Falcon
2140:Knight of the Royal Crown Order
1391:The Campaign of 1866 in Germany
820:Service with the Ottoman Empire
351:
48:may be too short to adequately
4626:Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
4069:M. Wattel, B. Wattel. (2009).
3906:. Dresden: Heinrich. pp.
3617:Cowen, Ron (30 January 2012).
2661:Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky
2548:Foreign orders and decorations
2422:Cross for Distinction in War (
2409:, with Golden Crown and Swords
2172:, with Oak Leaves and Swords,
2128:; with Crown and in Diamonds,
1994:9 August 1856: Major General (
1882:. Moltke recorded a line from
1589:while attempting to cross the
1376:Creisau (present-day KrzyĆŒowa)
1166:, when the emperor brought up
677:Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
366:Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
58:provide an accessible overview
1:
4749:Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel
4703:Gebhard Leberecht von BlĂŒcher
4689:Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
4177:. Cambridge University Press.
2876:Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
2858:Graf Helmuth James von Moltke
2079:German orders and decorations
1797:Silesia was annexed by Poland
1495:, and a smaller portion near
1111:
1094:Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein
923:, which was under command of
791:, then a lieutenant-general.
739:Royal Danish Military Academy
709:Friedrich Philipp Victor von
104:
4974:German expatriates in Turkey
4611:Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
4237:, Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.
3891:. Schulze. 1878. p. 35.
3554:"Personal Items (page down)"
2288:Military Order of Max Joseph
2170:Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
2045:Comital arms awarded in 1870
1049:Sketch of Helmuth von Moltke
826:Letters from Turkey (Moltke)
654:. The chief of staff of the
644:[ËhÉlmuËtfÉnËmÉltkÉ]
4723:Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
4523:20th Century Press Archives
4473:(public domain audiobooks)
4367:Journal of Military History
4320:Cambridge University Press.
3914:– via hathitrust.org.
3839:– via hathitrust.org.
3670:(in German). Fhh.hamburg.de
3668:"Stadt Hamburg EhrenbĂŒrger"
3568:"Ladies Gossip (page down)"
3470:Prussian General Staff 1876
3333:Prussian General Staff 1872
2936:. Fairfax, VA: Hero Books.
2470:Military Order of St. Henry
2193:House Order of Hohenzollern
1725:Under his supervision, the
1534:to strike the Moselle near
1479:(or any other point on the
1132:First page of von Moltke's
1021:, and the Minister of War,
834:he was asked by the Sultan
727:War of the Fourth Coalition
525:Second EgyptianâOttoman War
5075:
4959:German military historians
4550:Chief of the General Staff
4409:Wilkinson, Spenser (ed.).
4110:– via gupea.ub.gu.se
3699:– via hathitrust.org
3062:"Moltke, Helmuth Graf von"
2839:Regarding personal names:
2636:Knight of the Annunciation
2340:Saxe-Ernestine House Order
1987:2 December 1851: Colonel (
1872:Adelbert Theodor Wangemann
1824:History of sound recording
1714:North German Confederation
1420:
1216:
1082:Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
934:In 1845, Moltke published
881:, who was to carry on the
823:
721:(then a possession of the
604:Helmuth von Moltke's voice
240:Minister of War of Prussia
4944:Field marshals of Prussia
4839:
4810:Prince Leopold of Bavaria
4606:
4556:
4547:
4539:
4534:
4330:, Cassell, London, 2000.
2982:Richter, Volhelm (1977).
2688:Knight of the White Eagle
2570:Imperial Order of Leopold
2153:Knight of the Black Eagle
2142:, 1st Class with Swords,
1835:Patrick Feaster, 2012
1665:German Conservative Party
1200:Moltke's thesis was that
925:Prince Charles of Prussia
759:Prussian Military Academy
713:(1768â1845), a German in
629:
597:
275:
205:
126:
114:
96:
4314:Mombauer, Annika. 2001.
4257:The Battle of KöniggrÀtz
4196:Wilkinson, Henry Spenser
4173:Wawro, Geoffrey (1996).
4145:MĂŒller, Wilhelm (1879).
3774:Preussische Ordens-Liste
3724:Preussische Ordens-Liste
3199:"Reign of the Railroads"
3090:Lehmann, Gustaf (1913).
2229:Order of Albert the Bear
2195:, with Star and Swords,
2098:Knight of Honour of the
2026:Honours, awards and arms
1966:30 March 1835: Captain (
1729:wrote studies about the
802:. A year later he wrote
4954:German military writers
4453:EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica
4295:The Franco-Prussian War
4209:EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica
4175:The Austro-Prussian War
4028:V. M. Shabanov (2004).
3591:. Rochester, New York.
3529:The Milk Jug Was a Goat
2761:, 1st Class in Diamonds
2627:Military Order of Savoy
2572:, with War Decoration,
2479:Knight of the Rue Crown
2309:Order of Henry the Lion
2263:House Order of Fidelity
1475:, and advanced towards
1289:Eduard von Falckenstein
1207:General of the Infantry
1086:Herwarth von Bittenfeld
854:. He travelled through
747:Frederick VI of Denmark
683:at the outbreak of the
4769:August Graf von Werder
4744:August Karl von Goeben
4739:Albert, King of Saxony
4484:by Kimberly J. Largent
4297:. Collier Books, 1969.
4252:Berg Publishers, 1991.
4096:Sveriges statskalender
2932:Dupuy, Trevor (1984).
2881:
2875:
2869:
2863:
2857:
2842:
2804:Knight of the Seraphim
2601:: Grand Cordon of the
2371:Military Merit Cross,
2046:
2038:
2010:General der Infanterie
1973:12 April 1842: Major (
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958:for the coronation of
874:
838:to help modernize the
398:
390:
200:Prussian General Staff
4621:Alfred von Schlieffen
3526:Birch, Chris (2011).
2759:Order of the Medjidie
2710:: Grand Cross of the
2338:: Grand Cross of the
2307:: Grand Cross of the
2286:: Grand Cross of the
2227:: Grand Cross of the
2110:; Commander of Honour
2106:; Knight of Justice,
2044:
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1763:
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1662:
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1438:
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1421:Further information:
1353:The Austrians, under
1341:
1261:Prince Friedrich Karl
1226:
1217:Further information:
1131:
1124:, Moltke's birthplace
1119:
1096:'s corps crossed the
1067:DybbĂžl taken by storm
1048:
997:On the suggestion of
984:Berlin Victory Column
978:
898:on 24 June 1839, the
887:Muhammad Ali of Egypt
872:
755:Frankfurt an der Oder
547:Battle of Langensalza
484:Years of service
4815:August von Mackensen
4779:Frederick Francis II
4631:Erich von Falkenhayn
4616:Alfred von Waldersee
3603:– via YouTube.
3271:Modern War Institute
3127:www.encyclopedia.com
2753:Order of Distinction
2679:Knight of St. Andrew
2670:Knight of St. George
2535:Military Merit Order
2498:Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
2413:Military Merit Cross
2018:Generalfeldmarschall
1866:Generalfeldmarschall
1862:On 21 October 1889,
1778:Alfred von Waldersee
1735:Second Schleswig War
1727:German General Staff
1615:On 28 January 1871,
1575:Battle of Gravelotte
1348:Battle of KöniggrÀtz
1281:Edwin von Manteuffel
1184:Mission-type tactics
1144:Antoine-Henri Jomini
1055:Second Schleswig War
1014:Austro-Sardinian War
999:Edwin von Manteuffel
701:Mecklenburg-Schwerin
661:Second Schleswig War
564:Battle of Gravelotte
552:Battle of KöniggrÀtz
537:Second Schleswig War
506:Generalfeldmarschall
396:The Great Taciturn (
302:Mecklenburg-Schwerin
192:Alfred von Waldersee
180:Position established
121:German General Staff
103:Helmuth von Moltke,
4874:People from Parchim
4800:Paul von Hindenburg
4636:Paul von Hindenburg
4259:. Lippincott, 1964.
3829:Ruith, Max (1882).
3398:, pp. 182â183.
3266:"What is Strategy?"
3255:, pp. 121â122.
3188:, pp. 678â679.
3176:, pp. 120â121.
3066:Deutsche Biographie
2999:, pp. 677â678.
2729:Kingdom of Portugal
2625:Grand Cross of the
2578:Grand Cross of the
2568:Grand Cross of the
2533:Grand Cross of the
2468:Grand Cross of the
2361:Grand Cross of the
2251:Grand Cross of the
2120:; with Oak Leaves,
1743:Franco-Prussian War
1739:Austro-Prussian War
1559:Battle of Spicheren
1453:Franco-Prussian War
1423:Franco-Prussian War
1417:Franco-Prussian War
1397:as a member of the
1384:Province of Silesia
1273:Karl von Bittenfeld
1240:Austro-Prussian War
1219:Austro-Prussian War
1213:Austro-Prussian War
1148:Carl von Clausewitz
695:Moltke was born in
669:Franco-Prussian War
665:Austro-Prussian War
620:(recorded Oct 1889)
559:Franco-Prussian War
542:Austro-Prussian War
399:Der groĂe Schweiger
4889:German Protestants
4687:Recipients of the
4449:Helmuth von Moltke
4342:Martin van Creveld
4324:Martin van Creveld
4300:Macksey, Kenneth.
3623:The New York Times
3488:The New York Times
3294:Militarische Werke
3274:. 10 November 2016
2962:www.britannica.com
2908:. 12 October 2017.
2693:Knight of St. Anna
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388:Moltke the Elder (
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198:11th Chief of the
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4462:Project Gutenberg
4413:, Ashgate, 1991.
4369:3.4 (1939): 210+
4293:Howard, Michael.
4272:Friedrich, Otto.
4080:978-2-35077-135-9
3966:, 1891, pp.
3539:978-1-78069-018-6
3374:, pp. 14â15.
3358:978-89-349-5664-8
3323:, pp. 13â14.
2943:978-0-915979-02-8
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1367:Otto von Bismarck
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1164:Battle of Bautzen
1160:Otto von Bismarck
1090:Kekenis peninsula
1023:Albrecht von Roon
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1751:Pour le MĂ©rite
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1626:
1624:
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1606:Siege of Paris
1536:Pont-Ă -Mousson
1487:, Cologne and
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1113:
1110:
1092:. Days later,
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840:Ottoman Empire
832:Constantinople
824:Main article:
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2800:Sweden-Norway
2796:
2789:
2784:
2782:
2778:
2768:
2763:
2760:
2757:
2755:, in Diamonds
2754:
2751:
2750:
2748:
2737:
2735:, with Collar
2734:
2730:
2719:
2717:
2713:
2709:
2708:French Empire
2699:
2694:
2691:
2689:
2686:
2684:
2680:
2677:
2675:
2672:, 2nd Class,
2671:
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2607:25 April 1867
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2415:, 1st Class (
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2373:16 March 1871
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2284:
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2254:
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2203:Service Award
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2199:; in Diamonds
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2194:
2190:
2188:
2187:22 March 1871
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2035:Moltke Bridge
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2020:
2019:
2014:
2011:
2007:
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1920:Dates of rank
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1915:
1911:
1910:wax cylinders
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1876:Thomas Edison
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1457:German Empire
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1000:
993:
992:Joseph Uphues
990:, Berlin, by
989:
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