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Erich von Falkenhayn.
Erich
von Falkenhayn was born near Graudenz in West Prussia. He served as
an adviser with the Chinese Army and with the International Army in
the Boxer Rebellion (1900).
Falkenhayn was appointed Prussian war minister in 1913 and succeeded
Hermuth von Moltke as Chief of General Staff
in September 1914. Falkenhayn disagreed with General Paul
von Hindenburg and Eric von Ludendorff
about concentrating German efforts to defeat Russia. Instead he believed
the war would be won in the west and concentrated all available forces
against France and Britain.
The German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann
Hollweg, was highly critical of Falkenhayn's inability to achieve
victory on the Western Front. Falkenhayn
lost his post as Chief of General Staff to Paul
von Hindenburg after the failure to capture Verdun
in August 1916.
Falkenhayn was transferred to Palestine in July 1917. After being beaten
several times by General Edmund Allenby
in Palestine, Falkenhayn was replaced by General Liman
von Sanders. His last command before retirement was in 1918 with
the German Tenth Army in Lithuania. Erich von Falkenhayn died in 1922.
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Erich von Falkenhayn, memorandum (December, 1915)
Germany can expect
no mercy from this enemy so long as he retains the slightest hope of
achieving his object. England is obviously staking everything on a war
of exhaustion. We have not been able to shatter her belief that it will
bring Germany to her knees, and that belief has given the enemy the
strength to fight on.