Friedrich Karl ("Fritz") von Loßbergwas born in Bad Homburg in Hesse-Nassau on April 30, 1868. One of the leading proponents of the system of defense-in-depth, he was later to become…
Willy Martin Ernst Rohr was born on May 19, 1877 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine (then a part of the German Empire). He attended military schools in Bensberg and Karlsruhe... and was…
Born on May 15, 1895 in Kreis Koschmin (in the province of Posen), Lothar Witzke was educated at Posen Academy. As a seventeen-year-old cadet, he entered the German Naval Academy.By…
Henning Rudolf Adolf Karl von Holtzendorff was born into a noble family in Berlin on January 9, 1853. He joined the Prussian Navy in 1869, later serving in the Franco-Prussian…
Ernst Wilhelm Arnold von Hoeppner was born in Tonnin on the Pomeranian island of Wollin on January 14, 1860. The son of a major, Hoeppner entered the Cadet School in…
Gustav Dörr was born on October 5, 1887 in Blindgallen, East Prussia, the son of a building contractor. He completed trade school and began work with Krupp AG at the…
Gustav Bachmann was born in Cammin, Rostock on July 13, 1860. Upon graduating from high school, he joined the Imperial German Navy as a cadet in April 1877. Bachmann completed…
MILITARY RISEAlbert Theodor Otto von Emmich was born in the Prussian town of Minden on August 4, 1848, the son of an Oberst (colonel). He later married Elise Pauline Sophie,…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 53 (the first of 2021)Max von BahrfeldtMax Ferdinand Bahrfeldt was born to a family from Prenzlau in the Uckermark on February 6, 1856. He was a Prussian General…
EARLY YEARSErnst Schmidt, the son of a miller, was born in Wurzbach, Thuringia, on December 16, 1889. After leaving school, he became a painter and decorator. According to his own…