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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Max_HoffmannMax Hoffmann - Wikipedia

    Carl Adolf Maximilian Hoffmann (25 January 1869 – 8 July 1927) was a German military strategist. As a staff officer at the beginning of World War I, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the 8th Army, soon promoted Chief of Staff.

  2. Max Hoffmann was a German officer who was primarily responsible for several striking German victories on the Eastern Front in World War I. Hoffmann joined the German army in 1887, studied at the Berlin War Academy, and eventually became the General Staff’s expert on the eastern sector (Russia and

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  3. General officer Max Hoffmann was possibly Germany's most brilliant military mind on the general staff. As a Lieutenant Colonel on the Eastern Front at war's outbreak, he served as the Eighth Army's chief operations officer, helping plan the Tannenberg encirclement and Battle of Masurian Lakes .

  4. Max Hoffmann (1869-1927), a brilliant strategist widely regarded as the architect of the German Eighth Army's sweeping victory at Tannenberg, and to a lesser extent at the Masurian Lakes, was born in Homberg an der Efze on 25 January 1869.

  5. Max Hoffman was a German staff officer who helped devise the plan that resulting in the German victory at Tannenberg in 1914, and who spent the entire First World War serving on the eastern front. He entered the army in 1887, serving on the General Staff.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Max_HoffmanMax Hoffman - Wikipedia

    Maximilian Edwin Hoffman (12 November 1904 – 9 August 1981), was an American importer of luxury European automobiles during the 1950s. Known equally for his acumen and influence, Hoffman was instrumental in development and refinement of several iconic luxury sports cars, including the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing , Porsche 356 Speedster , and ...

  7. Max Hoffmann, 1869–1927, German general in World War I. A brilliant strategist, he contributed to the German victory over the Russians at Tannenberg and in 1916 became chief of staff of the eastern armies. As military representative he helped negotiate the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Russia.

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