Erich von Falkenhayn
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Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn was a German general and Ottoman Field Marshal who served as Prussian Minister of War and Chief of the German General Staff during the First World War. Falke
Falkenhayn, c. 1913
Falkenhayn in Romania in November 1916
Falkenhayn with his daughter Erika and other Ottoman Pashas (Cemal Pasha, Fuad Bey and Abdulkerim Pasha) and consuls (such as Henrik Bródy) at the Palestine train station in 1917
Battle of Verdun
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The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun. The
Erich von Falkenhayn
…was stopped at the First Battle of the Marne and was in turn removed on 29 August 1916 after the failure of his offensive strategy in the west at the Battle of Verdun, the opening of the Battle of the Somme, the Brusilov Offensive and the Romanian entry into the war. Having planned to win the war before 1917, the…
Long Max mounted on its combined railway and firing platform.
Fort Douaumont before the battle (German aerial photograph)
Douaumont after the battle
German soldiers attack Le mort homme