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General Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn (11 September 1861 – 8 April 1922) was a German general who was the second Chief of the German General Staff of the First World War from September 1914 until 29 August 1916.
Erich von Falkenhayn (born November 11, 1861, near Graudenz, West Prussia—died April 8, 1922, near Potsdam, Germany) was a Prussian minister of war and chief of the imperial German General Staff early in World War I.
Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn (* 11. September 1861 in Burg Belchau; † 8. April 1922 in Schloss Lindstedt bei Potsdam) war ein preußischer General der Infanterie, osmanischer Marschall und im Ersten Weltkrieg preußischer Kriegsminister sowie Chef des Großen Generalstabs.
Erich von Falkenhayn (1861-1922) was a Prussian General of the Infantry, Prussian Minister of War (1913-1915) and Chief of Staff (1914-1916). Falkenhayn came from a West-Prussian Junker family, where the military played a dominant role; one of his brothers, Eugen von Falkenhayn (1853-1934), was also a general.
Mar 31, 2015 · Erich von Falkenhayn is most associated with the Battle of Verdun in 1916 – one of World War One’s bloodiest battles. Falkenhayn was criticised for his tactics at Verdun and after the war he tried to justify the tactics that he used – that led to the deaths of tens of thousands of German soldiers.
Erich Georg Anton Sebastian von Falkenhayn (1861-1922) was born in Graudenz, in West Prussia, on 11 November 1861. Sponsored Links He served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff for part of the First World War before his eventual dismissal by Kaiser Wilhelm II .
Erich von Falkenhayn (ā´rĬkh fən fäl´kənhīn), 1861–1922, German military officer. Minister of war from 1906 to 1915, he succeeded (1914) Moltke as chief of the German general staff.
