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	Commanders: Hans von Seeckt
		Infantry General Hans von Seeckt (left) was the commander in chief of the German Army from 1920 to 1926.
		Confronted with the reduction of German military capabilities imposed by the draconian Versailles settlement of 1919, Seeckt utilized his experience of mobile warfare on the Eastern Front during World War I to pursue his belief that an aggressive defense conducted by mobile forces could defeat a numerically and materially superior enemy.
		It was Seeckt, therefore, who initially pushed motorization in the interwar German Army as he sought to inculcate offensive spirit in German troops.
	www.germanwarmachine.com /commanders/hansvonseeckt.htm (229 words)

	Hans von Seeckt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hans von Seeckt (22 April 1866 - 27 December 1936) was a German soldier.
		During World War I Seeckt served in various high-level staff positions on the Eastern Front, including Chief of Staff to August von Mackensen while the latter commanded the Eleventh Army.
		Seeckt's role during the Kapp Putsch of 1920 remains uncertain; he refused to either actively put down the rebellion or co-operate with it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hans_von_Seeckt (372 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Hans von Seeckt
		Johannes Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt (1866-1936) established a reputation for first-rate staff work prior to and during World War One and was Paul von Hindenburg's successor as army Chief of Staff in the wake of Germany's military defeat in November 1918.
		Despite Mackensen's deserved reputation for military prowess Seeckt was nevertheless (correctly) credited with masterminding the breakthrough at Gorlice in May 1915, for which he received the Pour le Merite award.
		Seeckt was appointed Hindenburg's successor as Chief of Staff in summer 1919 and set about the construction of an elite force of 100,000 men - the maximum allowed under the terms of the Versailles treaty.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/seeckt.htm (447 words)

	Hans von Seeckt -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hans von Seeckt (22 April 1866 - 27 December 1936) was a (A person of German nationality) German soldier.
		After the end of the war and the dissolution of the old imperial army it fell to Seeckt to organize the new (additional info and facts about Reichswehr) Reichswehr and a replacement General Staff (which was named the Truppenamt - Troop Office).
		Seeckt's role during the (additional info and facts about Kapp Putsch) Kapp Putsch of 1920 remains uncertain; he refused to either actively put down the rebellion or combine with it.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hans_von_seeckt.htm (247 words)

	von Seeckt
		In September 1915 Seeckt and Mackensen travelled to the Temesvar as "Army Group Mackensen" whose function was to defeat Serbia and open the lines of communication through the Balkans to Turkey.
		Seeckt left on the 4th of November via the Black Sea and Odessa, arriving in Germany on the 13 of November.
		Seeckt hardly welcomed the new Republic, but he made clear his desire to continue to serve "the Fatherland." Hindenburg asked Seeckt to go to Königsberg in January 1919 to oversee the evacuation of German troops from the Ukraine and East.
	www.lib.byu.edu /estu/wwi/bio/s/seeckt.html (1109 words)

	wikien.info: Werner_von_Blomberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Von Blomberg became one of Hitler's most devoted followers, and as such was nicknamed "Rubber Lion" by some of his critics in the army who were less than enthusiastic about Hitler.
		Von Blomberg refused to annul the marriage, and consequently resigned all of his posts in January 1938 when Göring threatened to make his wife's past public knowledge.
		Von Blomberg and his wife were subsequently exiled for a year to the isle of Capri.
	wikien.info /index.php?title=Werner_von_Blomberg (591 words)

	Hans von Seeckt
		Hans von Seeckt was born in Silesia on 22nd April, 1866.
		As a result Seeckt was described in a Nazi newspaper as a "pawn of sinister Jewish-Masonic elements." He was also accused of being under the influence of his Jewish wife.
		Hans von Seeckt died in Berlin on 29th December 1936.
	www.world-war-2.info /figures/hans-von-seeckt.php (422 words)

	von Seeckt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In September 1915 Seeckt and Mackensen travelled to the Temesvar as "Army Group Mackensen" whose function was to defeat Serbia and open the lines of communication through the Balkans to Turkey.
		Seeckt left on the 4th of November via the Black Sea and Odessa, arriving in Germany on the 13 of November.
		Seeckt hardly welcomed the new Republic, but he made clear his desire to continue to serve "the Fatherland." Hindenburg asked Seeckt to go to Königsberg in January 1919 to oversee the evacuation of German troops from the Ukraine and East.
	www.gwpda.org /bio/s/seeckt.html (1109 words)

	Generalleutnant Hans Seeckt
		Seeckt then took a position in the General Staff Corps, and found service both in the field and on the staff. Owing to his coolness and reserve unseen since General Moltke the Elder, associates referred to Seeckt as the "Sphinx."
		Armee Korps. Seeckt's corps was attached to General Kluck's I. Army, which marched to the Marne and defeat. His attack around Soissions brought him to the fore in the General staff. By March 1915, he was named chief of staff to General August Mackensen of the XI.
		Seeckt wrote a great deal after his retirement; Gedanken Eines Soldaten was written in 1935. Johannes Friedrich Leopold von Seeckt died on 27 December 1936, in Berlin.
	www.geocities.com /veldes1/seeckt.html (779 words)

	The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform - Computer Store
		Focusing on Hans von Seeckt, General Staff Chief and Army Commander, Corum traces the crucial transformations in German military tactical doctrine, organization, and training that laid the foundations for fighting Germany's future wars.
		Corum focuses on General Hans von Seeckt, enigmatic Chief of the German General Staff -- twice awarded the Pour le Merit, Germany's highest decoration for valor -- as the architecht of this remarkable feat.
		Seeckt set the stage for reform of the Army by fostering a climate of open discussion on all matters regarding doctrine development in which the ideas of the best thinkers -- regardless of rank -- were given a full hearing.
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	Encyclopedia: Blitzkrieg
		Its Chief of Staff, Hans von Seeckt, moved doctrine away from what he argued was an excessive focus on encirclement towards one based on speed.
		Von Seeckt advocated effecting breakthroughs against the enemy's centre when it was more profitable than encirclement or where encirclement was not practical.
		Hans von Seeckt Hans von Seeckt (22 April 1866 - 27 December 1936) was a German soldier.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Blitzkrieg (9562 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - Seeckt, Hans von (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Hans von Seeckt, who laid the foundation for Germany's blitzkrieg tactics, was born to a noble Pomeranian family; his father was a general in the Prussian army.
		Von Seeckt developed a reputation as a brilliant, innovative tactician in World War I.
		Von Seeckt believed that maneuver and mobility were more important than mass and firepower, so the German army was retrained in mobile, combined arms operations.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/ml_047300_seeckthansvo.htm (248 words)

	CRL - Germany
		Von Boyen was a Prussian field marshal during disastrous war against Emperor Napoleon I. He fought against the French in the War of Liberation and was minister of war from 1814–19 and 1841-1847.
		Von Seeckt fought in Poland, Serbia, Romania, and Turkey during World War I. From 1920-1926 he was the chief of the German army.
		Von Seeckt was also a member of the Reichstag and military adviser to Chiang Kai-shek in China (1934-1935).
	www.crl.edu /topicsControl.asp?top=17 (800 words)

	The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Corum focuses on General Hans von Seeckt, enigmatic Chief of the German General Staff -- twice awarded the Pour le Merit, Germany's highest decoration for valor -- as the architecht of this remarkable feat.
		Seeckt set the stage for reform of the Army by fostering a climate of open discussion on all matters regarding doctrine development in which the ideas of the best thinkers -- regardless of rank -- were given a full hearing.
		Focusing on Hans von Seeckt, General Staff Chief and Army Commander, Corum traces the crucial transformations in German military tactical doctrine, organization, and training that laid the foundations for fighting Germany's future wars.
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	AllRefer.com - Hans von Seeckt (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Hans von Seeckt[hAns fun zAkt] Pronunciation Key, 1866–1936, German general.
		He fought in Poland, Serbia, Romania, and Turkey during World War I. In 1920 he was made chief of the Reichswehr : the German army, which was limited to 100,000 men under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
		After the Treaty of Rapallo, Seeckt concluded (1923) a secret agreement with the USSR to obtain weapons forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Seeckt-H.html (252 words)

	The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German Military Reform (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In World War 1, von Seeckt was assigned to the Third Army Corps in the initial drive through the Low Countries, but as the western front degraded into trench warfare, he was assigned to take part in the Eleventh Army's offensive in Galicia.
		When von Seeckt later came to power, he came with a particular vision, not one that was abstract; it was one that he had observed on the ground in a world war.
		On the other hand, the contender with von Seeckt for the position of army commander was Gen Hans Reinhardt, who fought trench warfare in France and saw it as the French did, concluding that the era of mobile warfare was dead.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/bookrev/corum.html (1067 words)

	CRL - Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Von Boyen was a Prussian field marshal during disastrous war against Emperor Napoleon I. He fought against the French in the War of Liberation and was minister of war from 1814–19 and 1841-1847.
		Von Seeckt fought in Poland, Serbia, Romania, and Turkey during World War I. From 1920-1926 he was the chief of the German army.
		Von Seeckt was also a member of the Reichstag and military adviser to Chiang Kai-shek in China (1934-1935).
	wwwcrl.uchicago.edu /content.asp?l1=5&l2=22&l3=39&top=17 (800 words)

	Amazon.com: Seeckt: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		After Hans von Seeckt was transferred to the east- ern front early in 1915...
		Hans von Seeckt, who served as chief of staff for the Ottoman armies,...
		Under the leadership of General Hans von Seeckt, chief of the army in the early 1920s, this doctrine...
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	Hans von Seeckt -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		German pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow's accurate, sensitive, and profoundly musical interpretations, especially of the works of Richard Wagner, established him as the prototype of the virtuoso conductors who flourished at a later date.
		German writer Hans Jacob Christof von Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus series is one of the masterworks of his country's literature.
		The German-born painter Hans Hofmann was one of the principal inspirations for the style called abstract expressionism.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9066567?tocId=9066567 (758 words)

	Werner von Blomberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Werner Eduard Fritz von Blomberg (September 2, 1878-March 22, 1946) was a leading member of the German Army prior to World War II.
		Born in Stargard, Pomerania, Germany, Werner von Blomberg joined the army at a young age and attended Germany's War College in 1904.
		In 1920, Blomberg was appointed Chief of Staff of the Doeberitz Brigade and in 1921 was made Chief of Staff of the Stuttgart Army Area.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/W/Werner-von-Blomberg.htm (609 words)

	Fatal Indiscretion \| TIME
		A tide of Republican scandal foamed up last week and engulfed Germany's greatest post-War soldier, Hans von Seeckt, "The Man with the Iron Monocle." He it is who has forged the new German military machine as General der Infanterie und Chef der Heeresleitung des Reichswehr.
		General von Seeckt discovered by a tactful question that the once so exalted princess did not want her Wilhelm to enlist in the Army for twelve years, as all German soldiers must, under the terms of the Versailles Treaty.
		Thus the proud title of General von Seeckt, amounting to "Chief of Staff" (ever a bugaboo to the Allies), has been placed ingeniously in abeyance.
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	Treaty of Rapallo
		Germans such as General Hans von Seeckt dreamed of an alliance with the Soviets that would at least last long enough to finish off the state of Poland, as a precursor to the rise of a new Germany.
		Hans von Seeckt, was a product of the Prussian military tradition who embodied the stereotypical Prussian.
		[Hans von Seeckt is reproduced from "Assize of arms", J H Morgan, Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1945.
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	Hans von Seeckt . 1930 . Wilhelm II of Germany . August von Mackensen . 1885 . 1899 . 1926 . Chiang Kai-shek . German ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1891 he joined the German General Staff General Staff in Berlin, where he was heavily influenced by the new chief, Alfred von Schlieffen.
		When Schlieffen retired in 1906 Mackensen was regarded by some as a possible successor, although the job went to Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke Helmuth von Moltke.
		Ungern von Sternberg Roman Ungern von Sternberg conquers Urga and declares himself as a ruler of Mongolia.
	www.uk.knowledge-info.org /Hans_von_Seeckt-UK-7515775-zh (800 words)

	World Of The Strange - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1940s, the U.S. government had establishes Area 51 to study nine unidentified craft discovered in the Antarctic, but Dr. Hans Von Seeckt, the only member of the original secret research committee, begins to fear that the technology of the mothership poses a threat to our planet.
		When nine atmospheric crafts of unknown origin were discovered in the Antarctic in the late 1940s, the U.S. government established Area 51 to study the abandoned technology.
		Hans Von Seeckt, who is the only original member of the secret research committee, fears that the technology of the mothership is an explosive threat to the entire planet.
	www.worldofthestrange.com /modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=667 (229 words)

	Reader's Companion to Military History - - Blitzkrieg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Conventional wisdom traces blitzkrieg, "lightning war," to the development in Germany between 1918 and 1939 of a body of doctrine using mobility to prevent repetition of the attritional deadlock of World War I.
		Soldiers such as Hans von Seeckt and Heinz Guderian allegedly perceived more clearly than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe the military potential of the internal-combustion engine combined with modern communications technology.
		On one level, mobile warfare was a faute de mieux improvisation that arose from the restrictions on conventional forces stipulated by the Treaty of Versailles.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/mil/html/ml_006400_blitzkrieg.htm (805 words)

	Microform Gateway--Emory University, Woodruff Library
		Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt (1866-1936) was Chief of Staff of the army group of Fieldmarshal von Mackensen in World War I. In that capacity he had a leading part in planning the Central Powers’ breakthrough of the Russian front in 1915 and the conquest of Serbia in the latter part of that year.
		After World War I, as military head of the Reichswehr, he was considered the organizer and “father” of the army of the German Republic.
		collection of von Seeckt’s private and official papers consists, in general, of correspondence, reports, diaries, manuscripts of articles, newspaper clippings, maps, and some genealogical materials.
	web.library.emory.edu /libraries/microform_wars_wwi.htm (392 words)

	Werner von Blomberg
		Werner von Blomberg was born in Stargard, Germany, on September 2, 1878.
		Blomberg remained in the army and in 1920 was promoted to lieutenant colonel and was appointed Chief of Staff of the Doeberitz Brigade.
		In this position he clashed with Kurt von Schleicher and in 1929 was sent to East Prussia to serve under Walther von Reichenau.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Blomberg.html (392 words)

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