Moltke the Younger was born in Mecklenburg. He was a Prussian general who served as Chief of the General Staff of the Prussian Army from 1857 to 1888. He was the nephew of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, who had served as Chief of the General Staff during the Napoleonic Wars.
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