Ministry of War (Prussia)
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The Prussian Ministry of War was the highest state authority of the Royal Prussian Army and was responsible for the central administration of the army of the Kingdom of Prussia and, later, the Imperia
Ministry building on Leipziger Straße
Gerhard von Scharnhorst
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Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms
Portrait by Friedrich Bury, c. 1810s
Scharnhorst's grave at the Invalidenfriedhof, Berlin
Statue of Scharnhorst on the Unter den Linden, Berlin