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Erich von Falkenhayn, (born November 11, 1861, near Graudenz, West Prussia—died April 8, 1922, near Potsdam, Germany), Prussian minister of war and chief of the imperial German General Staff early in World War I.

Falkenhayn and the Battle of Verdun. Erich von Falkenhayn was strongly criticised for his tactics at the Battle of Verdun. Once the war was over, he defended what he had done by writing an article to explain his decisions. Verdun was one of the most costly battles in World War One in terms of lives lost, with many historians arguing that it ...

The Battle of Verdun, 21 February-15 December 1916, became the longest battle in modern history. It was originally planned by the German Chief of General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn to secure victory for Germany on the Western Front.

Erich von Falkenhayn (ā´rĬkh fən fäl´kənhīn), 1861–1922, German military officer. Minister of war from 1906 to 1915, he succeeded (1914) Moltke as chief of the German general staff. Source for information on Falkenhayn, Erich von: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.

General Erich Georg Sebastian Anton von Falkenhayn (11 September 1861 – 8 April 1922) was the second Chief of the German General Staff of the First World War from September 1914 until 29 August 1916. Falkenhayn was removed on 29 August 1916 after the failure of his offensive strategy in the west at the Battle of Verdun, the opening of the ...

In 1916 the Chief of the German General Staff, Erich von Falkenhayn, planned a Vernichtungsschlacht in exactly the sense disavowed by Clausewitz: the battle of Verdun was conceived as a machinery of massacre. Robert Foley's book examines Verdun as an episode ‘unique in the annals of warfare’, but also looks for its origins in a relatively ...

Erich von Falkenhain was born in 1861 in West Prussia and adhered the strong military tradition by joining the army at a young age. After a strong start to his career, Falkenhayn served as a military instructor in China from 1899 and became a member of the German staff there during the Boxer Rebellion and participated in the relief of Beijing.

(1861–1922). The German general Erich von Falkenhayn served as chief of the imperial German General Staff in the early years of World War I. He is remembered mainly for leading Germany’s failed offensive at Verdun, one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Falkenhayn was born on November 11, 1861, near Graudenz, West Prussia (now in