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Falkenhayn, Erich von
By Holger Afflerbach
Erich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922)
This is a portrait photograph of Erich von Falkenhayn, General of the Imperial German Army, taken in 1915.
Falkenhayn was Chief of the General Staff from 14 September 1914 to 29 August 1916 and Minister of War from 7 July 1913 to 20 January 1915.
Unknown photographer: Erich von Falkenhayn, black-and-white photograph, n.p., 1915; source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R09788, via Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-R09788,_Erich_v._Falkenhayn.jpg.
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Falkenhayn, Erich Georg Anton von
Prussian Minister of War, Chief of the German General Staff
Born 11 September 1861 in Burg Belchau, Kingdom of Prussia
Died 08 April 1922 in Potsdam, Weimar Germany