Who was the youngest german WW1 general?
Who was the youngest german WW1 general?
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Excluding the royalty factor(Crown Prinz Wilhelm and his brother Prinz Eitel were both Generals at 32),candidates would be:
Lettow-Vorbeck--born 1870,commissioned in the field 1917.
Max Hoffman----born 1869,MajorGeneral Ost 1917.
Fritz Von Lossberg--born 1868,MajorGeneral 1917.
A scan of the German Army Handbook of WW1 shows that most German divisional commanders were at least over 50 years old during the war.
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Lettow-Vorbeck,after returning from East Africa,1919.
Lettow-Vorbeck--born 1870,commissioned in the field 1917.
Max Hoffman----born 1869,MajorGeneral Ost 1917.
Fritz Von Lossberg--born 1868,MajorGeneral 1917.
A scan of the German Army Handbook of WW1 shows that most German divisional commanders were at least over 50 years old during the war.
http://pro.corbis.com/images/watermark/ ... VV1663.jpg
Lettow-Vorbeck,after returning from East Africa,1919.
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Olivier,
From Corbis.com
http://pro.corbis.com/default.asp
However if you type in 'Lettow-Vorbeck' into Search,you only get 2 photos of him.
From Corbis.com
http://pro.corbis.com/default.asp
However if you type in 'Lettow-Vorbeck' into Search,you only get 2 photos of him.
- Olivier Palardy
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- Location: Québec