Hoffmann, Max, 1869-1927

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Name (Hebrew)
הופמן, מקס, 1869-1927
Name (Latin)
Hoffmann, Max, 1869-1927
Date of birth
1869-01-25
Date of death
1927-07-08
Occupation
Generals
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 62479621
Wikidata: Q61027
Library of congress: nb2003032763
Sources of Information
  • The war of lost opportunities, 1999:t.p. (Max Hoffmann)
  • LC data base, 26 Mar. 2003(hdg.: Hoffmann, Max, 1869-1927)
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Wikipedia description:

Carl Adolf Maximilian Hoffmann (25 January 1869 – 8 July 1927) was a German military officer and strategist. As a staff officer at the beginning of World War I, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the 8th Army, soon promoted Chief of Staff. Hoffmann, along with Erich Ludendorff, masterminded the devastating defeat of the Russian armies at Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes. He then held the position of Chief of Staff of the Eastern Front. At the end of 1917, he negotiated with Russia to sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

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