Helmuth Karl Bernhard (Helmuth) von Moltke
1800–91
German army officer and politician. Chief of staff of the Prussian army during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870–1. Field marshal, 1871. Chief of the General Staff, German Empire, 1871–88. Member of the Reichstag, 1871–91.
Sources
ADB
NDB
Bibliography
ADB: Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Royal Academy of Sciences. 56 vols. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. 1875–1912.
NDB: Neue deutsche Biographie. Under the auspices of the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 27 vols. (A–Wettiner) to date. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. 1953–.
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