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Portrait of Field Marshall Paul Von Hindenberg #867239

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Portrait of Field Marshall Paul Von Hindenberg #867239
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Paul von Hindenburg was born in 1847 and died in 1934. He was Weimar Germany's second president, after Ebert, and he lead the nation through the catastrophe of the Wall Street Crash. Hindenburg dismissed the last hope Weimar really had - Heinrich Brüning - and he appointed Hitler chancellor on January 30th 1933, as the constitution allowed him to do

Hindenburg joined the Prussian Cadet Corps in 1858. In 1866 he was commissioned into a guards regiment and he fought in both the Seven Weeks War against Austria and the Franco-Prussian War. He was decorated for bravery. In January 1871, he represented his regiment at the declaration of the German Empire.

In 1911, he retired from active military service as head of the Fourth Army Corps. In August 1914, he was re-called to military service to lead the Eighth Army in Prussia. By mid-September 1914, he had achieved national fame by inflicting two severe defeats on the Russian Army at Tannenburg and the Masurian Lakes. Hindenburg became a national hero in Germany. He was promoted to Field Marshall and given the sole command of the Eastern Front in November 1914.

In August 1916, Hindenburg was appointed Chief of the Greater German General Staff. This position gave him vast power even in the civil sphere. Hindenburg had a major input into the harsh Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Russia. It was Hindenburg who advised the government to seek an armistice as he knew that by the autumn of 1918, Germany could not successfully fight against the ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good overall condition, needs cleaning.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c. 1920</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:Germany</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:German School (20th Century)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:30</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Field Marshall Paul Von Hindenberg</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Modern</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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