Following the death of his official predecessor, Wilhelm Marx and Hans Luther temporarily occupied this man's final position in public service. He had previously succeeded Maximilian von Pritwitz and Erich von Falkenhayn, and his succession of the latter led to a period known as The Silent Dictators
Following the death of his official predecessor, Wilhelm Marx and Hans Luther temporarily occupied this man's final position in public service. He had previously succeeded Maximilian von Pritwitz and Erich von Falkenhayn, and his succession of the latter led to a period known as The Silent Dictatorship. A cadet at age 11, he was named the "Wooden Titan" by biographer John Wheeler- Bennett. Kurt von Schleicher served under this man, as did Heinrich Bruning, and other politicians of the Centre Party. He co-headed the plan to blockade Britain, and he earlier gained prominence for crushing P.K. Rennenkampf and Alexander Samsonov's Russian forces at the battle of Tannenberg. Forcing Erich Ludendorff to take the blame for his nation's loss during World War One, for 10 points, name this German field Marshall who became the president of the Weimar Republic during Hitler's rise.
Following the death of his official predecessor, Wilhelm Marx and Hans Luther temporarily occupied this man's final position in public service.