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  Paul von Hindenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hindenburg was victorious in the Battle of Tannenberg (1914) and the 1914 Battle of the Masurian Lakes against the Russian army.
Hindenburg who was a firm monarchist throughout his life, always regarded this episode of his life with considerable embarrassment, and almost from the moment the Kaiser abdicated, Hindenburg insisted that he played no role in the abdication and assigned all of the blame to Groener.
Though Hindenburg ran during the second round of the elections as a non-party independent, he was generally regarded as the conservative candidate.
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 Paul von Hindenburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Paul von Hindenburg (full name Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) was a German Field Marshal and statesman.
Hindenburg was born in what was then Posen (now Poznań;, Poland), located in the Kingdom of Prussia, as the son of the Prussian aristocrat Robert von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg and his wife Luise (born Schwickart).
After the end of the war, von Hindenburg again retired from the military in 1918, and began to pursue a career in politics.
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 Paul Von Hindenburg Encyclopedia Article @ CompleteIdiots.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (October 2, 1847 – August 2, 1934) was a German Field Marshal and statesman.
Hindenburg was born in Posen, Prussia (modern Poznań, Poland) on Podgórna street (see Podgorna street), the city being acquired by Prussia during Partitions of Poland.
Hindenburg remained in office until his death at the age of 86 from lung cancer at his home in Neudeck, East Prussia on August 2, 1934 (exactly two months short of his 87th birthday).
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 First World War.com - Who's Who - Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (1847-1934) was born in Poznan on 2 October 1847, the eldest of three sons, and was educated at cadet schools in Wahlstatt and Berlin.
Hindenburg was consequently promoted to Field Marshal, finally becoming Army Chief of Staff on 29 August 1916, succeeding the man with whom he'd violently disagreed with concerning Eastern policy, Erich Falkenhayn, and whose downfall he had helped to engineer.
Hindenburg became President of the Weimar Republic in 1925, replacing Friedrich Ebert upon the latter's death, achieving re-election in 1932.
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 Paul von Hindenburg
Paul von Hindenburg was born in 1847 and died in 1934.
In 1925, Hindenburg was persuaded to stand in the presidential elections – the result of Ebert’s death.
Hindenburg had been persuaded by his son and Franz von Papen, that Hitler could be controlled and that if anything went wrong, then Hitler and the Nazis would get the blame thus damaging their political standing in Germany.
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 Hindenburg, Paul von. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In 1916, Hindenburg, by then a field marshal, succeeded General Falkenhayn as commander of all German armies; Ludendorff was made quartermaster general.
After the overthrow of the emperor (November), Hindenburg and the army swore an oath of allegiance to the republican government.
Although Hindenburg was to be tried as a war criminal under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the special German court at Leipzig never even indicted him.
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 BBC - History - Paul von Hindenburg (1847 - 1934)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Praise for Ludendorff's invasion of Russia was misdirected to Hindenburg, who was appointed field marshal and commander of all German land forces, with Ludendorff at his side.
After the overthrow of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Hindenburg oversaw the suppression of left-wing risings and was elected president in 1925.
Hindenburg was re-elected president in 1932, mainly with the support of those who saw him as a protection against Nazi lawlessness and brutality.
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 Wikinfo | Paul von Hindenburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Paul von Hindenburg (full name Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) (October 2, 1847 - August 2, 1934) was a German general and politician born in Posen, as the son of the Prussian Robert von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg and his wife Luise (born Schwickart).
Enough information was sent in clear (because their cryptographic planning did not survive contact with the enemy) that the German Army in the area, under Ludendorff and Hindenburg, knew where the Russians would be and when.
Hindenburg is also the name of a German zeppelin.
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 Paul von Hindenburg
On the outbreak of the First World War Hindenburg was recalled to the German Army and after being sent to the Eastern Front won decisive victories over the Russians at Tannenberg (1914) and the Masaurian Lakes (1915).
With the support of senior military officers and right-wing industrialists, Hindenburg and his quartermaster general, Erich von Ludendorff, formed what became known as the Third Supreme Command.
Paul von Hindenburg was so popular with the German people that Hitler was unable to overthrow constitutional government until his death in 1934.
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 Paul von Hindenburg and Beneckendorff - Elastolin and Lineol Portrait Figures
He was then promoted to field marshal, and in 1916 he succeeded General Erich von Falkenhayn as chief of the German general staff.
After the end of the First World War Hindenburg retired from the army for a second time and published his memoirs entitled "Out of My Life".
In this book he claimed the defeat of the German army in First World War had been caused by the domestic revolution that had overthrown the German Empire, and established a republic in 1919.
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 Additional Reading (from Paul von Hindenburg) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The Hindenburg was a 245-metre- (804-foot-) long airship of conventional zeppelin design that was launched at Friedrichshafen, Germany, in March 1936.
An expert strategist, Ludendorff worked with Paul von Hindenburg in World War I and with him was responsible for many successful campaigns in the late years of the war.
Paul Gaugin briefly joined van Gogh in the town of Arles, but left after the artist cut off part of his own ear.
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 Paul von Hindenburg --  Encyclopædia Britannica
His presidential terms were wracked by political instability, economic depression, and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, whom he appointed chancellor in 1933.
Hindenburg was the son of a Prussian officer of old Junker (aristocratic) …
Erich von Ludendorff was born on April 9, 1865, in Prussia.
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 PAUL VON HINDENBURG - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/20/1916
Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) fought in the Prussian-Austrian War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871).
Hindenburg won and served from May 12, 1925 until his death on August 2, 1934.
After Hindenburg died, Hitler combined the offices of Chancellor and President to become Führer.
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 PAUL VON HINDENBURG - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
Hindenburg's loyalty to the German people was shown when, after he had fought in the Seven Weeks' War and Franco-Prussian War and had retired in 1911, he returned to command an army in the East Prussian campaign in 1914 at the age of 67.
He retired again in 1919 but returned to serve his people as their President in 1925 at the age of 78.
When Hindenburg died in 1934, Hitler combined the offices of President and Chancellor and became Der Führer.
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 Paul von Hindenburg
Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorf und Hindenburg (1847-1934)
Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorf und von
Late German Reich President Von Hindenburg to retain Berlin honor
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