Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (born 1800)

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

German field marshal (1800–1891)

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke was a Prussian field marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field and one of the finest military minds of his generation. He…