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Until what year was Erich the Chief of the German General Staff of WW1?

  • 1916

  • 1915

  • 1917

  • 1914

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Erich von Falkenhayn was the Chief of the German General Staff of World War I until 1916. He was a Prussian officer who had served in the Franco-Prussian War and the Boxer Rebellion. He was appointed Chief of the General Staff in 1914 and oversaw the German army's initial victories in the war.
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