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Who recommended Paul von Hindenburg to succeed as Chief of the Great General Staff?

  • Count Alfred von Schlieffen

  • Winston Churchill

  • Theodore Roosevelt

  • Napoleon Bonaparte

Answer

Count Alfred von Schlieffen, a German field marshal, recommended Hindenburg to succeed him as Chief of the Great General Staff. However, the post ultimately went to Helmuth von Moltke.
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