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Falkenhayn

[ fahl-kuhn-hahyn ]

noun

  1. E·rich von [ey, -, r, i, kh, f, uh, n], 1861–1922, German general of World War I.


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Von Falkenhayn, however, hoped to do more than merely capture the city and a few more thousand square miles of Polish ground.

Von Moltke was superseded by Falkenhayn, and a new phase came over German strategy.

In consequence General von Falkenhayn refused responsibility for any offensive movement there if Jemal remained in command.

Falkenhayn might command that army at the front, but for several days I was its only hero, nevertheless.

Von Falkenhayn had his home nearby in another of the beautiful chateaux there.

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