German General Staff

full-time body at the head of the Prussian Army and German Army (1871–1919)
Organization general_staff Q10572199
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German General Staff

Summary

German General Staff is a general staff[1]. It draws 265 Wikipedia views per month (general_staff category, ranking #3 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • German General Staff's field of work was military[3].
  • German General Staff's field of work was military affairs[4].
  • German General Staff is in the country of Kingdom of Prussia[5].
  • German General Staff is in the country of German Empire[6].
  • German General Staff's image is recorded as Bundesarchiv Bild 146-2005-0164, Kassel, großes Hauptquartier, Offiziere.jpg[7].
  • German General Staff's instance of is recorded as general staff[8].
  • German General Staff's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 31145304840878611165[9].
  • German General Staff's GND ID is recorded as 24300-0[10].
  • German General Staff's IdRef ID is recorded as 171115260[11].
  • German General Staff's part of is recorded as Prussian Army[12].
  • German General Staff's Commons category is recorded as Großer Generalstab[13].
  • +1871-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of German General Staff[14].
  • German General Staff was dissolved in +1919-06-28T00:00:00Z[15].
  • German General Staff's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028l4v[16].
  • German General Staff's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ko20181001244[17].
  • German General Staff's director / manager is recorded as Helmuth von Moltke the Elder[18].
  • German General Staff's director / manager is recorded as Alfred von Waldersee[19].
  • German General Staff's director / manager is recorded as Alfred von Schlieffen[20].
  • German General Staff's director / manager is recorded as Helmuth von Moltke the Younger[21].
  • German General Staff's director / manager is recorded as Erich von Falkenhayn[22].
  • German General Staff's topic has template is recorded as Template:German Empire General Staff Chiefs[23].
  • German General Staff's Babelio author ID is recorded as 138278[24].
  • German General Staff's Kalliope-Verbund is recorded as 24300-0[25].
  • German General Staff's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as prusskii-general-nyi-shtab-65caaa[26].

Body

Founding

+1871-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of German General Staff[14].

Identity

German General Staff's part of is recorded as Prussian Army[12].

Leadership

Directors / managers include Helmuth von Moltke the Elder[18], Alfred von Waldersee[19], Alfred von Schlieffen[20], Helmuth von Moltke the Younger[21], and Erich von Falkenhayn[22].

Industry

Fields of work include military[3], an armed organization[27] and military affairs[4], a concept[28].

Dissolution

German General Staff was dissolved in +1919-06-28T00:00:00Z[15].

Why It Matters

German General Staff draws 265 Wikipedia views per month (general_staff category, ranking #3 of 17).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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