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Paul von Hindenburg. German Army Field Marshal, German President. Born in Posen, Duchy of Posen (now part of Poland), he served as a junior officer in the Prussian military wars with Austria in 1866 and with France from 1870 to 1871.
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Paul von Hindenburg was born to an aristocratic Prussian family in 1847. Following in his father’s footsteps, he became an army officer. Hindenburg fought as a young lieutenant in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 and in the and Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871. After serving with distinction in battle, he joined the prestigious German General Staff....
In 1914, Hindenburg was called out of retirement to bolster the German army’s efforts on the eastern front during World War I. With General Erich Ludendorff as his Chief of Staff, Hindenburg reversed what would have been a catastrophic retreat. They instead engineered a defeat of Russian forces at the battle of Tannenberg. The partnership of Hinden...
By the 1930s, the Weimar government was increasingly challenged fromforces on the Right. Hindenburg abandoned some of hismore moderate positionsin order to appease right-wing critics. In the 1932 Reichstagelection, Hitler’s Nazi Party received 37.4% of the vote, the most obtained by any single party. Hitler demanded the Chancellorship as a result. ...
Hindenburg’s legacy has been mythologizedto suggest that he waseither a puppet of Hitler or was supportive of the authoritarian ruler. Historical evidence suggests a more complexportrait of a man whorejected democratic principles and used dictatorial,if legal, powers in an attempt to govern,but also of a man who lacked the strength or conviction to...
Paul von Hindenburg was a German field marshal during World War I and the second president of the Weimar Republic (1925–34). His presidential terms were wracked by political instability, economic depression, and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, whom he appointed chancellor in 1933.
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Aug 1, 2023 · Paul von Hindenburg was a significant and controversial political figure in German history who served as the second president of the Weimar Republic.
Aug 3, 2015 · Obituary of Paul von Hindenburg, whose handing over of the German republic to Adolf Hitler was surely one of the greatest betrayals of the age. Mon 3 Aug 2015 00.30 EDT. President Hindenburg...
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Paul von Hindenburg, in full Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, (born Oct. 2, 1847, Posen, Prussia—died Aug. 2, 1934, Neudeck, Ger.), German field marshal and second president (1925–34) of the Weimar Republic.
Apr 7, 2015 · Paul von Hindenburg shot to fame after the Battle of Tannenberg in August 1914. He was Germany’s national hero of wartime, soon eclipsing the Kaiser. Appointed to the Supreme Command in 1916, he increasingly took on a political role. His myth survived the military collapse of 1918.
