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url: "https://fame.am/person/helmuth-von-moltke-the-younger"
name: "Helmuth von Moltke the Younger"
slug: "helmuth-von-moltke-the-younger"
description: "He inherited Germany's war machine from a famous uncle and steered it into the catastrophe of 1914. As Chief of the General Staff, Moltke the Younger launched the invasion of France and Belgium that ended in the Marne — the battle that broke the plan and set the trench lines for four years of slaughter."
tagline: "Chief of the German General Staff (1848–1916)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1848-05-25"
deathDate: "1916-06-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke was born on 25 May 1848, nephew to the elder Moltke whose name hung over Prussian military glory like a shadow he could never escape. On 1 January 1906 he became Chief of the Great German General Staff, inheriting the institution his uncle had built into Europe's most formidable planning apparatus. When war came in August 1914, Moltke led the German Army through the opening moves: the thrust through Belgium, the wheel toward Paris, the long march that faltered at the First Battle of the Marne in September. Fourteen days into that month, on the 14th, he was relieved of command. He died on 18 June 1916, his name forever tied to the question of whether the war could have been won — or avoided — under different hands.