Helmuth von Moltke the Younger

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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger was a Prussian field marshal and Chief of the German General Staff whose cautious leadership at the outset of World War I shaped Germany’s early war strategy and the execution of the Schlieffen Plan.

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Label Occurrences
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger canonical 15
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke 1
Moltke the Younger 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief of the German General Staff ⓘ
German general ⓘ
Prussian field marshal ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
awardReceived Iron Cross, 1st class ⓘ
Order of the Black Eagle ⓘ
Order of the Crown (Prussia) ⓘ
Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ
Pour le Mérite ⓘ
birthDate 1848-05-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Biendorf ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ⓘ
burialPlace Invalids' Cemetery, Berlin ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
conflict Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship German Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
deathDate 1916-06-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Berlin ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
education Prussian Cadet Corps ⓘ
endTime 1914 ⓘ
familyName von Moltke ⓘ
givenName Helmuth ⓘ
Johannes ⓘ
Ludwig ⓘ
ideology monarchism ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial German Army ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
militaryRank General der Infanterie ⓘ
Generaloberst ⓘ
name Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
nickname Moltke the Younger ⓘ
notableEvent First Battle of the Marne ⓘ
German invasion of Belgium in 1914 ⓘ
outbreak of World War I ⓘ
notableFor altering the original Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
cautious leadership at the outset of World War I ⓘ
notableWork modification and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the German General Staff ⓘ
relative Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ
relativeType uncle ⓘ
roleInEvent directed early German operations on the Western Front in 1914 ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1869 ⓘ
startTime 1906 ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German General Staff → notableMember → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne → commander → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Imperial German Army → notableCommander → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
German Supreme Command → notableCommander → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Great General Staff → notableCommander → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Prussian General Staff → keyPerson → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Schlieffen Plan → implementedBy → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Schlieffen Plan → modifiedBy → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
First Battle of the Aisne → germanCommander → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Alfred von Schlieffen → influenced → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder → relative → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger → name → Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke ⓘ
linked to: Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger → familyName → von Moltke ⓘ
linked to: Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger → nickname → Moltke the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Helmuth → hasNotableBearer → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Großer Generalstab → notableCommander → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
First Battle of the Marne → commander → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
subject linked to: Marne 1914
Biendorf → hasBirthplaceOf → Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ