PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 192Eberhard Graf von SchmettowEARLY YEARSEberhard Graf von Schmettow was born in Halberstadt (in Prussian Saxony) on September 17, 1861. He was born into an old aristocratic Silesian family…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 191Moriz von LynckerMoriz Freiherr von Lyncker was born in the Prussian town of Spandau on January 30, 1853. His family had a rich military heritage; his father Arthur,…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 190Bertha and Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und HalbachHEIRESS TO A FAMILY DYNASTYBertha Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was born Bertha Krupp on March 29, 1886 in Essen, home…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 189Walter FlexTHE ACADEMIC WARRIORWalter Flex was born in the Thuringian town of Eisenach on July 6, 1887. The second of four sons, his father Rudolf was a secondary…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 188 Adolph von Carlowitz Hans Carl Adolph von Carlowitz was born in the Saxon town of Riesa on March 25, 1858. Coming from an ancient noble family,…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 187Franz BüchnerYOUNG SOLDIER TURNED PILOTBorn on January 2, 1898 in the Saxon town of Leipzig, Franz Büchner was the son of a businessman. At the age of only…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 186Alfred von BöckmannEARLY YEARSAlfred Hans Emil Friedrich von Böckmann was born in Potsdam on September 22, 1859. He joined the First Hanseatic Infantry Regiment Number 75 (based in…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 185Karl Schlegel:the last German air ace to die in the Great WarKarl Paul Schlegel was born in Wechselburg, (in the Kingdom of Saxony) on May 7, 1893. At…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 184Wilhelm CunoEARLY YEARSWilhelm Carl Josef Cuno was born in Suhl (in Prussian Saxony, now Thuringia) on July 2, 1876. He was the son of August George Wilhelm Cuno…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 183Viktor KühneMILITARY RISEOtto Viktor Kühne was born in Mogilno (in Prussian Posen) on March 28, 1857, the son of a district administrator. At nineteen, young Viktor joined the…